r/randpaul • u/Cnthinking • 27d ago

Rand Paul recent Senate Vote

Why did Rand Paul vote against the bill to block arms sales to lsrael. It doesn't jive with his libertarian position same with a few other Republicans, unless there was something added in the bill he didn't agree with.

Anyone know?

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u/[deleted] 26d ago edited 13d ago

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u/divinecomedian3 22d ago

Depends on who's selling them. Individuals? Sure that's fine. The state? No, we need less of the state.

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u/MjolnirTheThunderer 27d ago

Rand is a republican more than a libertarian. He’s just one of the better republicans.

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u/Cnthinking 27d ago

Is Paul the most libertarian in Senate/Congress? I thought he was more libertarian than Republican.

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u/MjolnirTheThunderer 26d ago edited 26d ago

I would say yes, that he is the most libertarian in the senate. I guess it really depends exactly how you judge everything exactly which he is more of.

As for most libertarian in all congress, I’d probably award that to Thomas Massie. Ron Paul and Justin Amash were also great, but they are no longer serving.

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u/Acroze 27d ago

A lot of Republicans in the Senate are boomer, traditional, Christians. So they feel it is more of a duty to protect Israel for religious purposes.

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u/iThinkThereforeiFlam 26d ago

Because the overwhelming majority of the arms we sell to Israel are for the Iron Dome, which is entirely defensive in nature and is the one thing preventing a full scale war in the region. Without it, Israel would have no choice but to annex its hostile neighbors. With it, they can tolerate frequent missiles because they can shoot most of them down.

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u/Dr_CSS 26d ago

They wouldn't need to annex anybody if they stopped the warmongering

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u/MedicMalfunction 27d ago

He’s got a thing for Trumpy bear and Trump’s cronies. He’s decent, but just not as good as his father.

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u/TAEHSAEN 27d ago

It's got nothing to do with Trump. He has an AIPAC guy and he sold out to Israel. Rand Paul is anti big government and anti military spending, unless it comes to Israel.

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u/Dr_CSS 26d ago

LMFAO because the reds are all spineless. The last one with any backbone was McCain