Authorities waste, neocon warmongers, and the continuing impeachment circus: Senator Rand Paul is mad about loads of issues, and channeled his inside Seinfeld to air his grievances with the world.
Republican Senator Rand Paul (Kentucky) celebrates the fictional December 23 vacation of Festivus – immortalized by ‘Seinfeld’ in 1997 – with an annual “airing of grievances.” After releasing his annual ‘Festivus Report’ on authorities overspending final week, the deficit-hawk Senator took to Twitter on Monday to air some extra private grievances.
“I’ve received loads of issues with you individuals,” he opened, quoting Seinfeld’s Frank Costanza.
I’ve received loads of issues with you individuals… pic.twitter.com/UyzjhPRxUh
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2019
On the continuing impeachment efforts in opposition to President Donald Trump, Paul ridiculed Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi for stalling on sending impeachment articles to the Senate to start out Trump’s trial.
“I don’t know if I can cease laughing lengthy sufficient to air my grievances with Nancy,” he tweeted. “Her new plan is nice – she goes to punish the president by NOT sending his impeachment to Senate? Subsequent, possibly she’ll threaten to NOT ship us anymore laws?”
Fortunately, I didn’t have any calls with Rudy, or Adam Schiff would have been spying on me. After all, the true bother would have come at Christmas dinner when my Dad requested me what the hell I used to be doing speaking to Rudy Giuliani. https://t.co/V4URJN5ISP
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2019
After ribbing Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani for his previous fondness for international intervention, Paul joked: “You do need to surprise how he was the perfect the President may consider for a lawyer – ‘hey, get me that man who spills his guts on CNN and butt dials everybody in Washington. He can hold a secret!’”
Turning his consideration to fired war-hawk Nationwide Safety Advisor John Bolton, Paul in contrast him to “the opposite hawks the President employed, didn’t hearken to, received mad at and fired. Neocon Apprentice actually wasn’t very properly thought out…”
Fortunately although, the President normally does hearken to his personal instincts, which on international coverage are fairly good. Although for those who ask him, he’ll insist they’re PERFECT.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2019
After praising Trump’s international coverage instincts, Paul slammed the federal government for spending cash overseas and known as for an finish to international support.
“The actual fact is, everybody in Washington is simply mad President Trump didn’t wish to spend extra of your cash on international support,” he wrote. “Advantageous me with me. I say reduce all of it off, for any motive. Corruption? Minimize if off. Beginning wars? Minimize it off. Stole our Netflix password? Minimize it off!”
Paul’s rant continued by highlighting excerpts from his Festivus Report. Among the many applications funded by the US authorities in 2019 had been a $ 22 million initiative to deliver Serbian cheese as much as worldwide requirements, and a $ 466,000 program to check the mating calls of Panamanian frogs.
Because the screed continued, commenters chimed in. Some cheered Paul on, whereas his opponents and anti-Trump #Resistance sorts rolled their eyes and insulted the Republican Senator.
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— Michael Johnson (@Themikedj) December 23, 2019
Festivus was celebrated by extra than simply Paul. Throughout the web, social media customers aired their very own festivus grievances, on every little thing from the private to the political. President Trump, for one, aired his grievances by way of Twitter with Pelosi, the FBI, the Democratic Celebration and Hillary Clinton.
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