Festivus is truly the most wonderful time of the year! Two days before Christmas, we set aside the day to air our grievances as Frank Costanza did on the TV sitcom “Seinfeld.”
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) has kept the tradition alive in a vibrant fashion every year by putting the waste of the Federal Government and the foolishness of his colleagues on full display.
Good morning and Happy Festivus! Today there will be many, many grievances aired, almost all in good fun. pic.twitter.com/I0t9fRD27N
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2019
Here is a look at the best of Senator Paul’s tweets from Festivus 2019.
Rand kicked off his Festivus Twitter feed taking shots at the Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi for her decision to delay sending President Trump’s impeachment to the Senate.
I feel like we have to start with impeachment, don’t you? I’ve got a lot of problems with all of you people and impeachment.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2019
Take Nancy Pelosi (please). I don’t know if I can stop laughing long enough to air my grievances with Nancy. Her new plan is great – she is going to punish the president by NOT sending his impeachment to Senate? Next, maybe she’ll threaten to NOT send us anymore legislation?
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2019
There seems to be no end to government spending, and you best believe the Kentucky senator had more than a few words about the wasteful things our Federal Government spends taxpayer dollars on. These include $466,991 to study the mating call of frogs in Panama to $1,200,00 studying the habits of online dating app users. That’s kind of creepy if you ask me.
Frog mating calls…Read more here: https://t.co/nGIE2601nC pic.twitter.com/7idnMrW6wF
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2019
Textbooks for students in Afghanistan while our teachers use their own money for supplies here…Read more here: https://t.co/nGIE2601nC pic.twitter.com/u1KQJcJ3a3
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2019
Dating apps…Read more here: https://t.co/nGIE2601nC pic.twitter.com/CfPTl26qMU
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2019
Serbian cheese…Read more here: https://t.co/nGIE2601nC pic.twitter.com/RU0I8yZeWF
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2019
Paul pulled no punches when he aimed the circus we call the 2020 Democratic Presidential Debates. He fired shots at the Democrats’ socialist policy positions, as well as their inability to have a truly diverse field of candidates despite their claims of being champions of diversity.
Paul took turned up the heat on both Former Vice-President Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT) for their age as well as their Marxist policies.
The Democrats spend an awful lot of time talking about diversity and minority rights considered their only diversity is that they are multiple different 70 something on stage. And they have different haircuts.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2019
Joe Biden is doing well. I feel like if the Democrats nominate him we are all going to discuss whether or not we should hand over the nuclear codes to someone who hasn’t been able to find his keys for a while now.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2019
At least Joe is younger and more with it than Bernie Sanders. Bernie looks like the guy who chose the wrong cup in Indiana Jones. pic.twitter.com/6hgvkQaWPT
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2019
I’m glad Bernie is in these debates though. If you’re gonna hear about socialism, why not hear it from the guy Marx asked to help edit his book.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2019
Rand rounded out his Festivus rant by mentioning the $22 Trillion National Debt, a 200+ page omnibus bill that spends almost 1.4 Trillion dollars, the government’s war on tobacco, and having to explain to Mitch McConnell what hemp is.
Just last week Congress passed (without my vote) a massive, 2000+ page omnibus bill that spends nearly 1.4 trillion dollars. Members had less than 48 hours to see it. It contained dozens of other random pieces of legislation too
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2019
Don’t worry though, these guys are all over the problem of young people smoking. They want to stop 14 year olds from vaping, so they raised the age to legally vape or smoke from 18 to 21…
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2019
If that last sentence made any sense whatsoever to you, congratulations!!! You’re crazy enough to run for Congress!
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2019
Congress does do some good things. For example, I partnered with Mitch McConnell over the last few years to legalize hemp, which has been a pretty big success. But you should have seen the first meeting we had where I explained what hemp was to Mitch
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2019
He was very concerned that people could smoke hemp and get high (you can’t). I told him well maybe but it would have to be the size of a telephone pole. I think he’s still confused.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2019
I feel responsible though because after all of this, he became “Cocaine Mitch.” So maybe Cannabis is a gateway drug after all…
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2019
I’m kidding stoners. Don’t @ me.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2019
I am sure that it is safe to say that Rand’s Festivus rants make the holidays a little brighter for those of us who care about liberty and limited government knowing that there is someone in the Senate who is willing to say WTF to his colleagues as many of them continue to vote to expand government.
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