Rand Paul did the right thing today. I feel faint

[irisblue]

Source-https://www.npr.org/2026/02/12/nx-s1-5707281/senate-dhs-oversight-hearing#:~:text=Thursday's%20oversight%20hearing%20by%20the,That's%20an%20escalatory%20thing.%22


Snip-Thursday's oversight hearing by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security began with a rebuke by Chairman Rand Paul, R-Ky., who asked leaders from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to watch frame-by-frame video of the events leading up to the death of 37-year-old Alex Pretti.


Paul then asked the officials if the use of force on display in the video — from women being shoved, the close use of pepper spray, to the ultimate shots fired at Pretti by Border Patrol — were justified tactics. And he asked if any of the actions were "deescalatory."

"It's clearly evident that the public trust has been lost. To restore trust in ICE and Border Patrol, they must admit their mistakes, be honest and forthright with their rules of engagement and pledge to reform," Paul said in his opening remarks.

"It's terrible police work, but there has to ultimately be repercussions. I think he [Pretti] is retreating at every moment," Paul said. "He's trying to get away, and he's being sprayed in the face. I don't think that's de-escalatory. That's an escalatory thing."

[irisblue]

1. Stopped analog clock & when a terrible person does the right thing,

Well it is surprising

[Volaris]

9. Not if theyre LEGIT crazy Libertarians...they think having a standing army is govt overreach,

And Rand has always been just that kind of nuts.
The PRESENCE of a big govt goon squad is gonna have rand running on small govt and 2nd Amendment shit, and he could give half a fuck it's a Republican Govt....because Rand happens to ALSO BE, one of the few Legit Libertarians that can UNDERSTAND POLLS.


he IS crazy, I don't want anyone thinking he's gonna get my vote lol..but as long as we both think this govt is out of control, he can say what he wants and I'll keep my mouth shut and nod, and keep momentarily unnecessary opinions to myself.

[FakeNoose]

13. Yes sometimes Libertarians do say the right things ....

... maybe for the wrong reasons, but at least they are saying things we can find acceptable.

Sometimes ...

[DJ Synikus Makisimus]

2. Nonetheless he did vote to fund DHS today,

as opposed to joining (most) democrats to not fund DHS under present conditions.

https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1192/vote_119_2_00038.htm

[Bayard]

4. Every once in awhile he screws up and does the right thing

[AZ8theist]

12. So in other words, he's a fucking hypocrite.

Color me unsurprised.

[leftstreet]

18. Most libertarians are

Get the government out of our lives!
Also:
The government should outlaw abortion!



Wouldn't actual libertarians, champions of reduced government spending, be calling to ABOLISH ICE?

[RockRaven]

3. Wherein the gulf between "saying" and "doing" is demonstrated...

[Evolve Dammit]

5. Never thought Rand Paul would ever "step up". Maybe, just maybe he is coming into his own? Let us hope. nt

[twodogsbarking]

6. There have been other times he has hit the mark. He is different. Ponder that.

[Fil1957]

7. That's actually not that big of a story. Rand in the past has occasionally done the right thing.

Now if Mike Johnson or Tommy Tuberville ever did something like that, it would be HUGE news.

[Nasruddin]

8. The Confederacy has lost Kentucky

Maybe it's time to march on Vicksburg where Gen'l Johnson is holed up.

[Jose Garcia]

10. Kentucky never joined the Confederacy

[Wednesdays]

15. They came damn close, though.

Here's a pro-Confederate recruiting poster, 1861:

[malthaussen]

16. Ketucky sent 65 regiments to the US Army. They sent 10 to the Confederates.

Kentucky tried to maintain a "neutral" stance at the beginning of the Civil War, then abandoned it once they were invaded by the CSA -- which was precisely the reason the USA didn't invade them first. I wouldn't say Kentucky "came close" to joining the CSA, and the ghost of Cassius Clay would probably like to have words with you -- at the point of a Bowie knife.

-- Mal

[efhmc]

20. Some history I certainly did not know. Thanks.

Some Texans took to the hills (many Germans/Texans who came here to get away from mandatory conscription which could last for 20 years.) There is a book about this which I can now longer find. Maybe the next time I go to Fredericksburg. Not a lot of hills around those parts but you get my meaning.

[RetiredParatrooper]

11. Rand Paul vote to acquit Trump

Twice.

FTG.

[CarolinaNC]

14. At the end, Paul should have added, "and that was nothing but pure evil and murder'!

[generalbetrayus]

17. I've always thought of Rand Paul as more of a Barry Goldwater Republican.

He can stand up and do the right thing at times, like Goldwater sitting down with Tricky Dick and telling him it was time to go, but for both of them, "in your guts, you know he's nuts".

[efhmc]

21. Nope. You always do right or you do WRONG.

Unless you are small child who took your siblings' lollypop and are eating it. Then the evidence will soon be gone.

[pat_k]

19. Now, please do the same with the frame-by-frame of Rene Good's murder