Rand Paul
Rand Paul
Randal Howard "Rand" Paulis an American politician and physician. Since 2011, Paul has served in the United States Senate as a member of the Republican Party representing Kentucky. He is the son of former U.S. Representative Ron Paul of Texas...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth7 January 1963
CountryUnited States of America
agencies comment federal forces government hide local run
I think the over-militarization of local police forces is also true of the over-militarization of the federal government, so I don't really run and hide from the comment that I think there are 48 federal agencies that have SWAT teams.
allowed decades deliver far federal forced mandatory minimum sentences throughout
Throughout the 1970s, '80s and '90s, federal mandatory minimum laws were implemented that forced judges to deliver sentences far lengthier than they would have if allowed to use their own discretion. The result has been decades of damage, particularly to young people.
people use force
The people who get the ability to use force have to be watched carefully by civilians to make sure they don't use it excessively.
basically government
What ObamaCare did was take some of the things we did for the poor and expanded the government to basically the whole marketplace.
affront gross invasion violation
Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine is a gross violation of that nation's sovereignty and an affront to the international community.
twice
Black unemployment is twice white unemployment and has been for decade after decade.
increase
Every debate in Washington is about how much to increase spending - a little or a lot.
america robin
What America needs is not Robin Hood but Adam Smith.
america
What America needs is not just another politician or more promises. What America needs is a revival.
woke
We woke up one day, and Pakistan had nuclear weapons.
anybody bothered men pointed vehicles
Was anybody else bothered by the sight of mine-resistant vehicles and guns pointed at unarmed men in Ferguson?
choose people wrong
We live in a democracy, and people are free to sometimes choose the wrong leader.
democratic far gone middle paradise thinking
We've gone too far in thinking we can re-create an American democratic paradise in the Middle East.
good officers
Most police officers are good cops and good people.