Rand Paul Warns One Third of Republicans Will Leave Party if GOP Senators Back Impeachment

[Zorro]

Senator Rand Paul (R., Ky.) warned Friday that one third of Republican voters could leave the party if GOP senators vote in impeachment proceedings to convict President Trump. Paul made the comments in an interview on Fox News’s The Ingraham Angle.

The senator’s remarks come amid an increasing divide between congressional Republicans who oppose impeaching the president, and a smaller number who support the measure following the riots at the Capitol on January 6. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) is reportedly hopeful that Republicans can use impeachment to purge Trump from the GOP, although he would need the support of at least 16 additional Republican senators to vote to convict.

“Look, I didn’t agree with the [Capitol] fight that happened last week, and I voted against overturning the election, but at the same time, the impeachment is a wrongheaded, partisan notion, [and] if Republicans go along with it, it’ll destroy the party,” Paul said during the interview.

“A third of the Republicans will leave the party,” Paul continued. “This isn’t about, anymore, the Electoral College, this is about the future of the party, and whether you’re going to ostracize and excommunicate President Trump from the party. Well, guess what,? Millions of his fans will leave as well.”

https://news.yahoo.com/rand-paul-warns-one-third-175520035.html

[Laelth]

1. .

-Laelth

[Blue Owl]

2. Those are the kind of problems I want to have, Rand

[KentuckyWoman]

4. This

[katmondoo]

3. Sounds good.

[regnaD kciN]

5. "Go ahead. Make my day."

[DrToast]

6. I'm rooting for McConnell

This feels weird.

[RKP5637]

7. Well, that'll start to clean up things some! n/t

[MagickMuffin]

8. GOOD. I'm curious where they will go

No party to call their own.

QANON party the party of the gullible

[marie999]

9. We need 2 Republican parties so they will split the vote.

[Cirque du So-What]

10. Not seeing a downside here

[BootinUp]

11. that sounds like a plan to me. Just do it

[magicarpet]

12. And where might they go Rand ?

Join the AmeriKKKLAN Nazi Party.

[Cosmocat]

13. GOD these pukebags have no idea how hypocritical they are

That his rationale for not voting to convict 45 because 1/3 of their voters will leave the party IS THE WRONGHEADED, PARTISAN NOTION.

[NurseJackie]

14. I don't know. Let's try it and find out.

[Budi]

23. They should merge with the Peeples Party! Honestly they both sound the same.

And both as crazy as the Q's.

Jfc

[Budi]

15. Ok.

Bye!!

So one third of the Repub Senate is ok with a seditious President.

It's a Tea Party's dream Mr Libertarian

[Thomas Hurt]

16. Please proceed fool...

[Phoenix61]

17. They are screwed either way.

The party is going to split. That was a given the minute the nominated Twitler to run. Lindsey was right, “If we nominate Trump, it will destroy us and we will deserve it.”

[Geechie]

45. Precisely!

... and Lindsey proceeded to become a “fan” rather than a statesman. Honestly, I’m still processing that rand Paul used the word “fans.”

[SharonClark]

18. He said it out loud. It's about saving the R party.

[genxlib]

19. There it is

Party over Country.

You saw it here first.

[Chili]

20. where are they going to go?

I say, "bye!"

[gopiscrap]

21. fuck Rand Paul

and I want to say thank you to his neighbor

[lame54]

22. We'll never get it...

We got less then 5% of house republicans
No way to get 2/3's of the Senate

No matter how much damning evidence comes out

[Mike Nelson]

24. I think...

... more than a third of any group would probably want Rand Paul to leave their party!

[msongs]

25. goes on a white supremacy network to posit a win win lol nt

[lisa58]

26. And the problem is???

[Politicalgolfer]

27. Snort, 😂...this party is going to explode over more than impeachment!

Mitch won't be able to herd this lunatic Nazi party anymore! They are going to rip each other's face off for years to come, especially when the investigations & charges start rolling down the pike!

[CrispyQ]

28. A decent human being would have hacked the zealots, loons, & racists off a long time ago.

My bad. The repub party has been romancing these types for decades thinking they would always be able to control them.

[Raven123]

29. Culling the herd is a start

[bullimiami]

30. party of cowards. kowtow to trump or else. exhibit 1. Rand Paul.

[RockRaven]

31. Remember this, everyone, when he makes disingenuous arguments about voting not to convict.

He is not voting not to convict for any of those reasons which he will waste time babbling about with feigned outrage, only this one.

[Generic Brad]

32. And about 1/3 will leave if they don't impeach

Admit it, Rand. Your party done goofed.

[NCjack]

38. I like your estimate better than Rand Paul's.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

39. 2/3 are going to leave anyway

I think there will develop three parties out of the ruins of the RepubliCon party:

1) Rational Conservatives, like the Lincoln Project, who are willing to work with Democrats.

2) Rotting Elephant Carcass Party: clever but corrupt RWs like McConnell, Pence, and Collins clinging to the remnants of the Greed Over People party.

3) MAGA Q God Emperor of the US party with Gym "Medal of Freedom" Jordan and Graham and a horde of similar miscreants.

[Fullduplexxx]

33. Congrats cons you built this

[Fullduplexxx]

34. Womp womp thought and prayer and all of that .there you go that should fix it

[struggle4progress]

35. "Please! Let's not lose our neo-nazi wing!"

[RainCaster]

36. He says that like it's a bad thing...

I'm sure Moscow Mitch could get behind that.

[Fullduplexxx]

37. Womp womp thought and prayer and all of that there you go that should fix it

[Hekate]

40. Rand says that like it's a bad thing

[ProfessorGAC]

41. Is That A Promise?

If so, I'm behind Randy!

[UpInArms]

42. Don't let the door hit ya!

[Wawannabe]

43. Oh? 🤔

Darn.

[Beachnutt]

44. Hopefully that all comes true but could someone call his neighbor and tell him Rand needs another

attitude adjustment. ..
Can't stand the little twerp.

[pandr32]

46. That is fine with me.

Where's the bad side in this?

[Buckeye_Democrat]

47. Rand will probably try to convert them to Libertarian...

... eventually, after he further thinks about it with his slow brain.

Up your game with even worse lying, Rand, and maybe you'll be their new false prophet.

[Kablooie]

48. So 1/3 Republicans support insurrection

And elimination of the constitutional government of the US.

They should be driven from the party, vote or no vote.

[TomDaisy]

49. BYE

[GeorgeGist]

50. Sounds like he's afraid.

GOOD.

[keithbvadu2]

51. "Well...................Bye."

"Well...................Bye."

&feature=youtu.be

[Cerridwen]

52. How much does his neighbor want to go for round #2?

Can we start a GoFundMe?

/sarcasm...I think

[pwb]

53. We need another conservative type party.

Yes please proceed. Best idea I have heard in a long time.

[BlueTsunami2018]

54. Right because fuck justice and accountability if it means voters leave.

This is so typical.

[no_hypocrisy]

55. It's a good start.

[JDC]

56. A). Who cares B). Rand Paul is never right about anything

[Silent3]

57. Is it just me, or is everyone else failing to see the problem here? n/t