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

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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.