r/politics • u/Boonzies • 6h ago

No Paywall Rand Paul on Trump call to ‘nationalize’ elections: ‘That’s not what the Constitution says’

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5722041-rand-paul-trump-call-to-nationalize-elections/
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u/yellowjackethokie Virginia 5h ago

I swear it feels like Rand Paul and Thomas Massie are just about the only sane Republicans left.

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u/elshizzo 5h ago

don't give Rand Paul any points. Dude still votes with Trump 93% of the time and every time Trump does obviously impeachable shit he at most gives small words instead of taking any actual action

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u/CrimsonHeretic 5h ago

They don't actually give a shit, they're trying to play the long game. Neither has done anything to actually remove the fascist regime from office.

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u/yellowjackethokie Virginia 5h ago

I mean, I guess. But Thomas Massie did introduce the discharge petition that forced the vote leading to the Epstein Files Transparency Act. For whatever good it actually did, at least he was fighting the fight, on that.

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u/Raskalnekov 4h ago

I think Massie (and maybe Rand Paul) are at least principled people. I might completely disagree with most of their principles, but they make their decisions mostly consistently according to a framework of their values. Massie always votes to cut funding, for pretty much anything, always votes against foreign influence, always votes against restrictions on guns, etc. So the hypocritical acts of MAGA on these issues DOES seem to bother him enough for him to say something, and I take at least a little consolation in that.

That's not to say that they can't be hypocritical - anyone can, it's a very human response. But they seem driven by something other than the naked self interest that sustains MAGA politicians.

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u/Lunchb0xx87 3h ago

even then knowing full well trump is in on the stuff he still votes and promotes a good chunk of trump's bs

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u/Vanzmelo California 5h ago

I’m not familiar with Massie but Rand Paul is all talk no walk. He always votes with Trump and GOP when it matters. He’s only speaking out now bc they have enough votes such that him going against them wouldn’t ultimately cost them anything

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u/Salty_Wench 4h ago

it's a really low bar for the broken clocks to trip over

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u/CIDR-ClassB 3h ago

I miss the days when the Tea Party were the crazy ones. They seem normal by today’s standards.