Rand waiting on Trump to support liberty issues and candidates more

[jct74]

KY Sen. Rand Paul withholding Trump endorsement as top consultant works for RFK Jr.

BY DAVID CATANESE
MAY 29, 2024

As Donald Trump bulldozed his way to another apparent Republican presidential nomination earlier this year, considerable intrigue centered around whether Sen. Mitch McConnell would offer his public blessing to his on-again, off-again nemesis.

Now, nearing five months from Election Day, it’s Rand Paul, Kentucky’s junior senator, who is stiff-arming his party’s 2024 presumptive GOP nominee.

Close to three months after McConnell announced his support for Trump, Paul still hasn’t gotten aboard the Trump train. A Paul adviser says the senator needs to see more from Trump first.

“Rand will continue to consider endorsing, but it will be when and if he sees President Trump going more in on liberty issues and candidates,” the Paul adviser told The Herald-Leader. “It’s not about getting his endorsement, it’s about being boldly able to speak to liberty voters on issues.”

...

read more:
https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article288832545.html
https://archive.is/lK2U5

 

[jmdrake]

read more:
https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article288832545.html
https://archive.is/lK2U5

Awesome!

 

[Snowball]

another one

Rand Paul’s friendship with RFK Jr. may threaten his promised endorsement of Trump

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...his-promised-endorsement-of-trump/ar-BB1nhgrs

 

[PAF]

Good for Rand.

But, is that a threat, so that Trump will say what he wants him to hear, until Trump (D-Opportunist) changes his mind again after he is elected?

Does Rand know anything about Trump's plan to Federalize "Stop and Frisk" and Federally BAN stuff?

 

[Brian4Liberty]

another one

Rand Paul’s friendship with RFK Jr. may threaten his promised endorsement of Trump

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...his-promised-endorsement-of-trump/ar-BB1nhgrs

Makes sense. Rand's biggest issue and battle of the past several years has been against Fauci.

No doubt Trump will do nothing on Rand's biggest issue.

Maybe RFK Jr would.

The two appear to be strongly linked in their vaccine opinions, and Paul posted more about Kennedy than Trump on X in April, with a few posts showing his admiration.

Paul agreed with Kennedy’s challenge of the TikTok ban.

And he also seemingly agreed with Kennedy’s negative stance toward U.S. involvement in Ukraine.

But one key statement from Paul further indicates his preference for president could be murky. He posted about his appearance on Kennedy’s podcast, in which the pair talked extensively about COVID-19, the vaccine, and former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci.

Reason number 2, Trump has not announced his VP pick. How could Rand endorse Trump if he chooses a hardcore neocon like Nikki Haley or Tom Cotton?

In another post detailing his opinions of presidential candidates in January, Paul said “there’s a lot to like there” about Trump, that he was a “big fan” of the fiscal conservatism Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) exhibited, and mentioned Vivek Ramaswamy and Kennedy. The only stance he took in the post was his condemnation of former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, calling himself “never Nikki.”

 

[Anti Globalist]

If only Rand was able to get Trump on board with liberty issues 8 years ago.

 

[oyarde]

Rand didnt and doesnt need to endorse anyone

 

[acptulsa]

Rand didnt and doesnt need to endorse anyone

And he might not. And if he doesn't, I don't know if we can really assume that's an endorsement of RFKJr. But it would certainly be a condemnation of Trump. Just because party politics.

 

[Swordsmyth]

And he might not. And if he doesn't, I don't know if we can really assume that's an endorsement of RFKJr. But it would certainly be a condemnation of Trump. Just because party politics.

LOL

No endorsement is not a condemnation of anyone.

 

[acptulsa]

LOL

No endorsement is not a condemnation of anyone.

It is when it's the presidential candidate of your own party.

 

[Swordsmyth]

It is when it's the presidential candidate of your own party.

No, it's not.
A condemnation is a condemnation.
Silence is silence and could be for many reasons.

 

[Matt Collins]

If only Rand was able to get Trump on board with liberty issues 8 years ago.

He was, for like 5 minutes, until Trump went and talked to the next guy in line who got his ear.

 

[acptulsa]

No, it's not.
A condemnation is a condemnation.
Silence is silence and could be for many reasons.

There's that double standard hard at work again.

 

[TheTexan]

He wants Trump to support liberty issues and candidates more??!

Trump is already by far the super libertariatist president of all time how can he be "more"

 

[Brian4Liberty]

...

Speaking of Bob Good...

https://x.com/KelleyAshbyPaul/status/1797698112846204969

 

[Invisible Man]

LOL

No endorsement is not a condemnation of anyone.

If a sitting US Senator refrains from endorsing his own party's nominee for president in a general election, that is a condemnation.

 

[Invisible Man]

He wants Trump to support liberty issues and candidates more??!

Trump is already by far the super libertariatist president of all time how can he be "more"

I can think of some ways.

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/M2SL

 

[acptulsa]

He's making what sounds like an offer. Is Trump willing to release all records on covid and the jab?

Maria Bartiromo with Rand Paul on Upcoming Fauci Testimony

 

[Swordsmyth]

If a sitting US Senator refrains from endorsing his own party's nominee for president in a general election, that is a condemnation.

No, it is only a guess.
And there is plenty of time left in which he will endorse.

 

[Invisible Man]

No, it is only a guess.
And there is plenty of time left in which he will endorse.

I agree with the last part. I anticipate Rand endorsing Trump eventually. My statement was just a hypothetical, but it's still true.