Rand Paul

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Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) does now not imagine that Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) will remain in his job by the point “DC gets heat again.” Paul made his bold prediction in his annual record of grievances he puts out each Festivus.

“It’s that time of 12 months once more. Satisfied Festivus! I’ve got a lot of issues with you folks! And now, you’re gonna hear about it,” wrote Paul on X, starting his lengthy thread.

Paul additionally published his annual record on executive waste, “The Festivus Record 2024,” and highlighted what he sees as ridiculous spending. Jack Hunter at The American Conservative dug throughout the lengthy document and wrote:

Paul’s 41-page record of stupid spending contains gadgets just like the Department of the Interior spending $12 million on a Las Vegas pickleball complicated and the State Department gifting away $4,840,082 to Ukrainian influencers. Or take this merchandise: “The Department of Health and Human Products and Services (HHS) awarded a $2 million supply to check children taking a look at Facebook ads about food.”

It gets dumber.

How about: “The Nationwide Endowment for the Arts (NEA) spent $365,000 to promote circuses in metropolis parks”; “the Department of State (DOS) spent $three Million for ‘Girl-Founded Local weather Motion’ in Brazil”; and “the Division of State (DOS) allotted $32,596.12 for breakdancing.”

Paul’s fury with Speaker Johnson stems from his going along with the federal budget, which he slammed Johnson’s predecessor for as smartly. In his grievances thread, he wrote, “Talking of people that received run out of city but received’t solely go away, Chuffed Festivus to former Speaker Kevin McCarthy!”

“Kevin spent virtually $30 million looking to defeat conservatives who voted him out closing 12 months. But he best won one race when President Trump was once additionally in opposition to his target. Principally, he utterly and totally failed. He lost races by 27 and 30 factors. @SpeakerMcCarthy proved as bad at running campaigns as he did the Home. But he’s still on my TV!? WHY?” fumed Paul, including:

I cited final 12 months that I would be roasting the subsequent speaker and the group who put him in energy by means of this Festivus. As average, I am right. I wish to be the primary to congratulate former @SpeakerJohnson, who can be long gone before DC will get heat again.

Paul went to declare himself “a one-man @DOGE sooner than @DOGE was once a gleam in the eyes of amped-up tech executives, and new media barons obtained behind the theory.” He additionally took a swipe at a few of his Senate colleagues. “listed Here are a few of my favorites from this record, soon to turn into yours, @ElonMusk’s, @VivekGRamaswamy’s, AND @JONIERNST’s. Ok, maybe not hers. I don’t know who she thinks she’s kidding. She’s voted for every spending bill due to the fact she bought here…” Paul wrote of Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA), who will head the Senate DOGE caucus. Past within the month, Paul urged that Elon Musk should exchange Speaker Johnson. “Nothing would disrupt the swamp more than electing Elon Musk . . . take into consideration it . . . nothing’s inconceivable. (to not mention the joy at seeing the collective institution, aka ‘uniparty,’ lose their ever-lovin’ minds),” Paul wrote on X.

He ended with a bit of of disclaimer, noting, “One factor that individuals will have to recognize, I tell jokes right here, in the event you weren’t right here for other years. I welcome
@joniernst to @DOGE, together with any individual else outdated or new to the huge issues our spending and debt are causing.”

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