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Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said on Wednesday he would oppose President Trump's nominations of CIA Director Mike Pompeo to be secretary of State and CIA Deputy Director Gina Haspel to lead the spy agency.
Paul said that he will oppose the nominations and "do everything I can to block" them.
"My announcement today is that I will oppose both Pompeo's nomination and Haspel's nomination," Paul said.
Paul is the first Republican to come out against the two nominations, which were announced by Trump on Tuesday. Last year, he was the only Republican to vote against Pompeo for CIA director.[/quote]
[url]http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/378353-rand-paul-to-oppose-pompeo-haspel[/url]
I couldnt find a source for this that wasnt behind a paywall and was approved by mediabiasfactcheck, but here's a WSJ article on it too
[url]https://www.wsj.com/articles/sen-rand-paul-to-oppose-trumps-nominations-for-state-and-cia-1521042404[/url]
and paul's tweet
[media]https://twitter.com/RandPaul/status/974003810053115905[/media]
for once his principles are correct, this lady enjoyed the enhanced interrogation program which was withheld from the public and congress, putting her in charge of the CIA would be a monumentally bad idea
This puts the number of times Rand Paul has actually stood up to Trump to...What now?
As much as I think Rand Paul is a massive tool, he is being consistent on his beliefs [I]and[/I] doing the right thing even if by accident. We are in such a fucked timeline that I'm holding up Paul as a beacon of sanity and order in the Republican party.
However, despite that backhanded compliment, thank you for using your conscience and not buckling to the intimidation, sir.
If they were Trump's typical appointees who want to choke the life out of the departments they were being put in charge of, Paul would have no problems confirming them because that aligns with his politics but I guess in these times I shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth.
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