Rand Paul Hits Donald Trump and Republican Colleagues in Holiday Rant

Senator Rand Paul, a Kentucky Republican, had a message for former President Donald Trump and a number of of his GOP colleagues amid a prolonged “Festivus” rant on X, previously Twitter, on Saturday.

Paul opened his prolonged X submit by writing:

“It’s that time of year again. Happy #Festivus! I’ve got a lot of problems with you people! And now, you’re gonna hear about it,” he wrote. The submit first delves into some issues he is grateful for, together with the booting of Representative Kevin McCarthy, a California Republican, from the House speakership that occurred in early October.

Paul additionally took purpose on the likes of Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri, 2024 GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, Neoconservatives (Neocons), in addition to Trump.

“So when was anyone going to tell me that there was another member of the Cheney family? People complain about the fact that Nikki Haley doesn’t use the name given to her at birth, but I didn’t know she was trying to hide her full neocon pedigree all these years. Speaking of birth certificates, who is going to tell President Trump that trying to kick people off the ballot for spurious reasons sometimes comes back to bite you in the rear…,” Paul wrote concerning the former president.

Paul’s feedback had been a reference to Trump’s rise to prominence over his perpetuation of the false “birther” conspiracy idea that claimed former President Barack Obama was not born in the United States. In 2016, Trump additionally claimed that rivals Senator Ted Cruz of Texas and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should not be allowed to run for president.

Paul tussled with Trump throughout the 2016 GOP presidential main, and finally backed him after leaving the sector. Last yr, Paul referred to as for a repeal of the Espionage Act after the FBI executed a search warrant to search for prime secret and delicate compartmentalized data at Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s Florida residence. Meanwhile, the senator has but to announce his endorsement in the 2024 Republican presidential race.

Newsweek reached out to Paul by way of electronic mail for extra remark.

Last week, Colorado’s Supreme Court issued a 4-3 determination that Trump, who’s the GOP frontrunner for the 2024 presidential nomination, could be barred from the state’s main poll.

The ruling cited the 14th Amendment, which bans U.S. officers who take an oath to uphold the Constitution from holding workplace in the longer term in the event that they have interaction in riot. The court docket believed that Trump couldn’t maintain workplace once more due to his alleged involvement in the U.S. Capitol riot on January 6, 2021.

Steven Cheung, spokesperson for Trump’s marketing campaign, vowed to file an enchantment to the U.S. Supreme Court.

“The Colorado Supreme Court issued a completely flawed decision tonight and we will swiftly file an appeal to the United States Supreme Court and a concurrent request for a stay of this deeply undemocratic decision. We have full confidence that the U.S. Supreme Court will quickly rule in our favor and finally put an end to these unAmerican lawsuits,” Cheung stated in half in an announcement.

Paul’s X thread is a nod to a preferred Seinfeld episode the place the secular vacation of “Festivus,” which happens on December 23, features a dinner, an unadorned aluminum Festivus pole and practices such because the “airing of grievances” and “feats of strength.”

Paul additionally used the thread to proceed his long-standing grievances in opposition to Dr. Anthony Fauci, the previous chief White House medical adviser.

“Everyone thinks I’ll start with Dr. Fauci. Well, you’re right. After almost 3 solid years of lying and deception, my one and only wish for Dr. Fauci this Christmas is that he can send this Christmas song to someone he loves very soon,” the senator wrote, who added a Spotify link to the track “Christmas in Prison,” by singer-songwriter John Prine.