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How is this wrong or hypocritical? Spending money to help a state rebuild from devastating flooding is hardly misuse or inappropriate use of federal funds. This isn’t some pet project or woke spending. It’s like sustaining a home. You don’t want to go into debt but I’d going into debt is required to repair a destroyed roof, that is what you’ll do and will focus on getting your spending under control tomorrow. It’s called prioritization.
How is this wrong or hypocritical? Spending money to help a state rebuild from devastating flooding is hardly misuse or inappropriate use of federal funds. This isn’t some pet project or woke spending. It’s like sustaining a home. You don’t want to go into debt but I’d going into debt is required to repair a destroyed roof, that is what you’ll do and will focus on getting your spending under control tomorrow. It’s called prioritization.
Because he is typically one to vote down these measures like these when it isn't his state. He complained up and down about FEMA funds for SuperStorm Sandy, the continuation of the 9/11 heroes fund and the recent burnpit ban. He was against COVID funding before he was for it. THAT'S why. He is showing he only care about disaster relief when his people are directly involved and only when they are. I would say he is a tool but unlike him, tools have a use.
How is this wrong or hypocritical? Spending money to help a state rebuild from devastating flooding is hardly misuse or inappropriate use of federal funds. This isn’t some pet project or woke spending. It’s like sustaining a home. You don’t want to go into debt but I’d going into debt is required to repair a destroyed roof, that is what you’ll do and will focus on getting your spending under control tomorrow. It’s called prioritization.
It’s hypocritical because there is this thing called a voting record and on his record he has voted against relief when disasters strike other states.
Because he is typically one to vote down these measures like these when it isn't his state. He was against COVID funding before he was for it. THAT'S why.
He voted against the funds he's excited to use now and take credit for.
That's the thing.
Many of the Republicans who voted down funds, take the money, use it and then claim credit for it like they had some role in acquiring the funding. They didn't they fought against it.
Because he is typically one to vote down these measures like these when it isn't his state. He was against COVID funding before he was for it. THAT'S why.
Nice try. Rand Paul was NOT against funding disaster relief in principle (COVID funding he was opposed to for a host of reasons, to include that much of Covid funding had nothing to do with Covid). Rather he explicitly stated that, instead of borrowing new money, we should cut from other areas and pay that way (but it would still add to the debt). He specifically called out cutting foreign aid and using those funds. In this case, he says use unused Covid funds (which he didn’t want being used for so called Covid relief) for disaster relief. Money is already allocated. It’s just not spent. He’s only be a hypocrite here if he wanted Covid relief funds used for Covid relief efforts in Kentucky.
Fundamentally this is entirely consistent with his past positions. He isn’t calling for NEW spending to help Kentucky, but rather for already allocated (but unused) funds for the purpose.
Nice try. Rand Paul was NOT against funding disaster relief in principle (COVID funding he was opposed to for a host of reasons, to include that much of Covid funding had nothing to do with Covid). Rather he explicitly stated that, instead of borrowing new money, we should cut from other areas and pay that way (but it would still add to the debt). He specifically called out cutting foreign aid and using those funds. In this case, he says use unused Covid funds (which he didn’t want being used for so called Covid relief) for disaster relief. Money is already allocated. It’s just not spent. He’s only be a hypocrite here if he wanted Covid relief funds used for Covid relief efforts in Kentucky.
Truth is this os entirely consistent with his past positions. Fundamentally he isn’t calling for NEW spending to help Kentucky, but rather for already allocated (but unused) funds for the purpose.
Really, he voted down SuperStorm Sandy funding as well as funding for relief from the 2017 hurricane season. He was also a lone vote against COVID funding. Truth hurts.
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