Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky appeared on the Larry Kudlow show this weekend and criticized congressional leaders for pushing billions in spending to defend the borders of other countries overseas, leaving America’s southern border wide open.
Millions of Americans across the country agree with Rand Paul on this point. Why is this so difficult for Republican leaders to understand?
This is not a big step. It’s just common sense.
Transcript via Real Clear Politics:
SEN. RAND PAUL: I would say it’s an act of criminal negligence for Mitch McConnell, Chuck Schumer and Joe Biden to get together to send $100 billion overseas to fix someone’s border before we fix our border. We have an emergency. We had an invasion and 700,000 people met in the last two months, and they’re here to bank on that. They made us a false proposal, it wasn’t right and we rejected it. That doesn’t mean we’re ready to give up, and many of us want to fight. 32 of us out of 38, three-quarters of us, wanted to keep fighting and actually wanted to fix the border before we sent $100 billion of our money overseas.
I don’t meet anyone in Kentucky and any conservative in the entire country who is for this, but the Senate leadership under Mitch McConnell is more worried about sending money to Ukraine than invading the southern border, and I’ve had enough and I will everything in my power to slow down and stop this and I told them they can vote when hell freezes over. Because frankly this is not in the interest of our country and the money has to be borrowed.
We don’t have $100 billion lying around. We borrow $1.5 trillion and they will borrow another $100 billion. Essentially, we’re asking for $100 billion, and we’re certainly asking China to send money to Ukraine.
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Sen. Rand Paul surgically dismantles DC Uniparty over border crisis:
“I would say it’s an act of criminal negligence for Mitch McConnell, Chuck Schumer and Joe Biden to come together to send $100 billion overseas to fix someone else’s border before tackling our own border.” pic.twitter.com/D0O7GcMClK
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) February 12, 2024
Rand Paul understands this. Why doesn’t Mitch McConnell do this? This isn’t rocket science.