Yeah, he's Rand Paul. And every word he just said is the stone cold gospel truth.

[Miles Archer]

Aaron Rupar

‪@atrupar.com‬
Rand Paul: "There has to be an investigation. I don't know who trusts an investigation done by DHS when they're the ones calling this person an 'assassin,' a 'domestic terrorist,' saying he was assaulting police. How can they be in charge of an independent investigation? Something's got to happen."

Rand Paul: "There has to be an investigation. I don't know who trusts an investigation done by DHS when they're the ones calling this person an 'assassin,' a 'domestic terrorist,' saying he was assaulting police. How can they be in charge of an independent investigation? Something's got to happen."

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-01-28T13:16:22.534Z

[SheltieLover]

1. Miracles never cease, a repuke spoke the truth.

[Ray Bruns]

8. Even a broken clock is correct twice a day.

[SheltieLover]

9. True story

[Just Jerome]

24. And politics does,

on occasion, make for strange bedfellows.

Ewwwwww

[Bluetus]

31. Ron and Rand Paul are hyper Ayn Rand Libertarians, like the Kochs. That's not even close

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to MAGA Nazis on the political spectrum. A mistake most people make is to believe that politics is a single dimension, a line that runs "left" or "right". That has never been the case.

In normal times, we wouldn't have much in common with the Pauls or the Koches. But these are not normal times. When the Nazis run around executing people for speaking their mind, and try to justify it with "he had a gun at a protest", this is anathema to Libertarians. I'm not sure what animates Thomas Massie, but he clearly is not a MAGA Nazi.

We need to be that clear democracy requires a certain amount of disagreement on policy, and that is healthy. Where we are today, the fact that we likely disagree on policy with people like Paul and Massie (and Murkowski and others) must be secondary to defending the democracy, Constitution, and rule of law. We need to set policy differences aside for the moment and join with anyone who has a good faith interest in saving our democracy.

[Volaris]

11. Hes only an elected republican because 'elected libertarian' isnt a thing that exists in America.

But yes, I'll give them credit in that I very much trust their Constitutional judgements a hell of a lot more than I do the goddamn religious zealots in that party, no doubt.

[UpInArms]

2. Ayn Rand Paul

may finally have been hit with the clue stick

[Wednesdays]

12. Again, I repeat,

Repugs are reading the latest poll numbers.

[Mosby]

3. Fuck Rand Paul.

Fuck him.

[Moostache]

4. Agreed. Stopped clocks are right twice a day...

In this case, while he remains an enemy of the future, he does have cachet with voters beyond the reach of the normal Democratic coalitions. I would never trust him in a million years, but I welcome ALL voices raised against the current abomination in our governance...

[Wonder Why]

37. Great comment! Of the thousands of decisions people have to make every day, this says it all!

[Lucky Luciano]

10. True, but if you asked to bet on a republican who would say this...

He would be near the top of the list, so at least there is some consistency.

[MagickMuffin]

5. "something's got to happen . . . Hmmmm, Rand Paul you are a sitting Senator

Do I have to remind you that you and YOUR party CAN make something happen if you'd quit sitting and standup for our Constitution!

[durablend]

6. So he'll make this big screed then roll over anyway, amiright?

[sop]

7. He's hearing from his constituents, the ones who worry about 2A rights being taken away from white male citizens.

[leftstreet]

20. +1

[FakeNoose]

13. Paul wants somebody to DO something

... but then he'll sit back and criticize whenever somebody actually DOES something.
It's never him doing anything about anything. Fuck this guy!

[maliaSmith]

14. violence

Obama and Biden didn't use violence when deporting undocumented people. They deported more and were humane, unlike the felon rapist in our WH.

[Dr. T]

22. I'm still waiting for Obama to personally break down my door

and confiscate the guns I don't own. The righties practically guaranteed it would happen.

[llmart]

26. They started long before President Obama.

This goes back to when President Clinton was in office. That's when most of the anti-government crapola started.

[flashman13]

15. He is partially right, but as you would expected he also weasels with lameo caveats.

[karin_sj]

16. Fair weather politician

I'd believe him more if he switched his political affiliation to Independent.

[ismnotwasm]

17. He is a brick in the foundation of all this.

Pretending not to be is typical of that asshole

[timms139]

18. Rand Paul just

uses these events to get his mug on the big news channels. Nothing in substance other than an appearance for looks .

[nycbos]

19. Broken clocks are right twice a day

[popsdenver]

21. HEY MF

you were a key player with bringing this group of so called Republicans into power and keeping them there......screw you.

You Republican Politicians all created a Frankenstein's Monster, intentionally keeping him in office, and haven't a clue on how to stop him.....(or maybe, could it be...... you just don't want to remove him from office...............

[Scrivener7]

23. A handful of republicans could stop all of this tomorrow.

Yes, I know they won't. But they could.

But as it is, ALL the Democrats, united, will have to fight them tooth and nail to make anything change.

[ABC123Easy]

25. That's nice. He does this 50% of the time though.

I trust him less than Susan Collins. He always does this and then we see no actual results when it counts.

Forgot to add, his neighbor is awesome.

👹

[snot]

27. Rand Paul is kind of like a libertarian Bernie.

You may not agree with everything Paul says, but I wish there were more in Congress who exhibited the level of integrity in their principles, words, and actions that he & Bernie do.

[Norrrm]

28. Investigation? Trump said that Renee good viciously ran over her own killer who got up off the ground as the car was dri

Investigation? Trump said that Renee good viciously ran over her own killer who got up off the ground as the car was driving away and shot her from beside the car.

[Joinfortmill]

29. Hell hath frozen over.

[Hassler]

30. You know how corrupt and broken things are here

When whackjobs Paul and Marge make sense and speak the truth.

[Probatim]

32. So he's going to call for an investigation in the Senate? or is this grandstanding?

[MW67]

34. Remember when they all

Strongly condemned the action's taken by the White House on Jan 6th ? Yeah same people, definitely B S

[3Hotdogs]

33. Fuck investigation.

PROSECUTE THE ICEHOLES.

[Deminpenn]

35. Rand Paul is a true Libertarian

They do not want government interferring in their lives or the lives of others. That's why you see Paul consistently be against foreign wars and interventions.

You can disagree with Paul's policy beliefs, but he is consistent in voting in accordance with them.

[Miles Archer]

36. Hence, my reason for posting...

...it was strictly based on the words I shared here.

Not a sign-up sheet for the Rand Paul Fan Club. So yes...I am not encouraging anyone to change what they think about him. He's still Rand Paul, he's still going to say and do things that disappoint and anger people.

But in this one little snapshot, I can't argue with what he said. Thanks for framing it as you did. It matches my intention.