Ron Paul knocks ‘hysterical’ Trump ‘rant’ criticizing Rand Paul
Ron Paul, a former House of Representatives member and presidential candidate, hammered President Trump on Monday over a post calling his son, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), a “nasty liddle guy.”
“In an hysterical rant over the weekend, President Trump has blasted Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) as a couple of ‘wackos’ who refuse to vote with the Republican Party,” Ron Paul, a Libertarian and former Republican who represented Texas in the House and thrice ran for president, wrote in a social media post.
“Meanwhile, President Trump has just announced that his first in-person fundraiser of the election cycle will be for…Lindsey Graham! Also today, Israel breaks ceasefire and kills dozens more Palestinians in Gaza,” he added.
The president has frequently slammed Rand Paul and Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) as RINOs, meaning Republicans in name only, for breaking with the GOP on key legislative votes.
The Kentucky senator notably voted against Trump’s summer spending package dubbed the “one, big beautiful bill.”
“Whatever happened to ‘Senator’ Rand Paul? He was never great, but he went really BAD!” Trump wrote Sunday. “I got him elected, TWICE (in the Great Commonwealth of Kentucky!), but he just never votes positively for the Republican Party.”
“He’s a nasty liddle’ guy, much like ‘Congressman’ Thomas Massie, aka Rand Paul Jr., also of Kentucky (which I won three times, in massive landslides!), a sick Wacko, who refuses to vote for our great Republican Party, MAGA, or America First. It’s really weird!!!” the president added.
Rand Paul was asked about Trump’s post during an appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
“I think the problem is this — is that in Washington, what I represent some people describe as unusual. And the president describes it as weird that I’m for less debt and balanced budget,” the Kentucky senator told host Kristen Welker.
“But when I come home to Kentucky or when I travel the United States, people come up to me and say, ‘Stick to your guns. You’re the only voice up there, Republican or Democrat, who’s still talking about the debt and still talking about balanced budgets.’ But I don’t take it too seriously,” he added.
Later in the interview, he referenced Trump as the “one of the best presidents, if not the best president, of my lifetime.’