Rand waiting on Trump to support liberty issues and candidates more

[helenpaul]

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I support Rand Paul 100% in giving trump the middle finger by supporting Good. Good is one of the few solid conservatives in congress and trump is a POS who demands 100% subservience.

 

[jct74]

Scoop: Rand Paul's brewing fight with Trumpworld

Stef W. Kight
Jun 2, 2024

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) questioned former President Trump's commitment to slashing government spending in a heated exchange with top Trump ally Russell Vought during a recent closed-door meeting, Axios has learned.

Why it matters: Paul is among a dwindling number of Republicans who've refused to publicly back the former president as the party's 2024 nominee. And those in Trump's orbit are getting antsy.

• "There's a growing sentiment in Trumpworld that Rand can't be trusted, and it's a great disappointment," Trump ally and consultant Alex Bruesewitz told Axios.

Driving the news: Paul grilled Vought on May 22 over the Trump administration's massive spending, comparing it to Democratic administrations, according to two sources familiar with what was said in the lunch.

• Paul said Trump's team had "no credibility" on spending, one source said.
  
  
• During the lunch, Vought urged Republicans to kick back this year's government funding fight to 2025 — in part to allow a potential future Trump administration to use the process to slash funding, as Axios reported.

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https://www.axios.com/2024/06/02/rand-paul-trump-tension-2024-election

 

[dannno]

Spending would be the hill to die on with Trump.

 

[Swordsmyth]

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) listed a set of standards former President Donald Trump has to meet before he takes an active role and endorses the presumptive GOP nominee.
“When we have agreed, I’ve been very supportive. When we have disagreed, I’ve also disagreed with him,” Paul said in an interview with Spectrum News.
Before Paul can endorse Trump, the latter needs to be more outspoken on issues the Kentucky senator deems critical, he said.
“I think that it’s important that if he wants to get my vote and my support, wants me to be more active in this, that he’s gonna have to be more vocal on things like the lockdowns that I opposed, like the civil liberties abuses that I opposed, like the debt, which frankly has been bad under Republicans and Democrats,” according to Paul.
“So, I’m looking for a little bit more before I make a final decision.”


Paul did, however, appear to affirm his support for Trump in the 2024 presidential election.

“I’m supportive of Donald Trump,” he said. “But whether or not I take an active role, endorse, go out and campaign for him is something that’s yet to be determined.”

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/...027562/rand-paul-standards-trump-endorsement/

RFKommie isn't getting his support, cry harder.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

Dr. Rand Paul Joins Kudlow to Discuss the Border

Rand Paul discusses the border and a potential endorsement of Donald Trump.

At the four minute mark, "Goldilocks" Kudlow tries to nudge Rand about endorsing Trump. He probably regretted that by the end...

 

[Brian4Liberty]

What are the RINO politicians giving to Trump in exchange for Trump endorsing them?

Will they be helping to ensure more "fair" elections in their states this time around?

What can Rand get for his endorsement?

 

[LibertyEagle]

I don’t blame Rand a bit. Trump needs to be more than just better than traitorous Joe. Trump needs to take a stance. Is he going to expose what happened during Covid? Is he going to appoint another warmongering ex-CIA chief or a fellow traveler of neocon John Bolton to advise him on foreign policy? Is he going to further increase the national debt, or do something to reduce it?

Yes, I still believe he is light years better than Biden, but if we don’t start going the other direction soon, we can kiss our liberty goodbye. It may already be too late.

 

[Working Poor]

Has Trump Asked Ron and Rand Paul For Their Support?

Could or would Rand and Ron make a policy deal with Trump like RFKj did?

 

[CaptUSA]

Rand will eventually.

Ron? Never.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

Could or would Rand and Ron make a policy deal with Trump like RFKj did?

Rand has done several interviews and this subject comes up, especially when Kudlow interviews him. It was my impression that Rand wants some guarantees about spending and fiscal sanity, and that is one thing the big spending Trump team will not entertain.

 

[sparebulb]

Trump is a neocon in drag.

There is no meaningful benefit from doing more than lip service in working with him.

 

[Valli6]

Not unless something else had already made them independently decide to support him.
I don't think they would agree to some deal in order to announce their support.

I seem to recall Rand stating during primary time, that he was waiting to hear certain things from Trump before he was willing to endorse. I don't think it ever happened.

 

[Matt Collins]

Why hasn't Rand endorsed Trump this time?

[FONT=&quot]"I think that it’s important that if he wants to get my vote and my support and wants me to be more active in this, that he’s going to have to be more vocal on things like the lockdowns that I opposed, like the civil liberties abuses that I opposed, like the debt, which frankly, has been bad under Republicans and Democrats, so I’m looking for a little bit more before I make a final decision" - [/FONT][FONT=&quot]Rand Paul[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]




https://www.courier-journal.com/sto...nald-trump-for-president-in-2024/74955593007/

 

[Anti Globalist]

Ron would never endorse Trump under any circumstances. Rand already did so in 2016 and 2020 and will once again in 2024.

 

[Working Poor]

Not unless something else had already made them independently decide to support him.
I don't think they would agree to some deal in order to announce their support.

I seem to recall Rand stating during primary time, that he was waiting to hear certain things from Trump before he was willing to endorse. I don't think it ever happened.

What if the deal was Trump would allow Ron to end the FED?

 

[Invisible Man]

What if the deal was Trump would allow Ron to end the FED?

That would be great. But what's the point of bringing up imaginary what if scenarios like that? We could ask the same hypothetical question about Harris.

 

[Valli6]

What if the deal was Trump would allow Ron to end the FED?

My gut feeling would be not to believe that, so no endorsement. And I think it would have to be more than just a statement in order for Ron Paul to believe it - it would have to be a long concise plan going through the steps of how it would be carried out and a list of names telling us who would be hired to make it happen and how committed they are to ending the Fed. I don't expect Trump to do that.

 

[Matt Collins]

Why Rand is not as enthusiastic about Trump:

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4872565-ran-paul-trump-deficit-hesitant/

 

[Anti Globalist]

Something tells me he's going to end up endorsing him anyway.