All of the people crapping on Rand Paul are biting off their nose to spite their faces.
He's too polite, but he's not our enemy. He voted for certification because he knew that he couldn't stop it by himself, and that his vote against it would establish the principle that Congress can "arbitrarily" decertify a state's electors, giving Democrats the excuse to decertify any election they don't like in bad faith.
He fails to understand that this is outright political warfare, and that he isn't protecting anything that the Democrats won't steamroll over with or without precedent. That is, he was playing chess, on our behalf, based on outdated rules. He needs to catch up, but he is not our fucking enemy.
All of the people crapping on Rand Paul are biting off their nose to spite their faces.
He's too polite, but he's not our enemy. He voted for certification because he knew that he couldn't stop it by himself, and that his vote against it would establish the principle that Congress can "arbitrarily" decertify a state's electors, giving Democrats the excuse to decertify any election they don't like in bad faith. He fails to understand that this is outright political warfare, and that he isn't protecting anything that the Democrats won't steamroll over with or without precedent. That is, he was playing chess, on our behalf, based on outdated rules. He needs to catch up, but he is not our fucking enemy.