Rand Paul urges truckers to disrupt Super Bowl and come to D.C.: 'I hope they clog up cities'

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As many anti-vaccine and anti-mandate protesters in trucks continue to paralyze Canada’s capital and block border crossings, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said he hopes truckers would come to the United States as soon as this weekend to clog up streets in Los Angeles during the Super Bowl or next month to Washington.

Participants in the self-styled “Freedom Convoy” are expected to flood Ottawa for a third straight weekend in what Ontario Premier Doug Ford called a “siege” as he declared a provincial state of emergency. Protesters have also blocked several U.S.-Canada border crossings, affecting industries on both sides of the border. Yet when Paul was asked about his thoughts on the convoy and the potential for it to spill over into Los Angeles, home of Sunday’s Super Bowl, or into the District, he said “it’d be great” if the anti-mandate demonstrators came to the United States to “clog things up.”

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Paul has been a vocal opponent of pandemic-related mandates and has described the mask guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as “anti-science.” In August, as the delta variant sent case numbers and hospitalizations soaring, he denounced health mandates against the virus. The senator from Kentucky — who has fashioned himself as the Senate’s chief skeptic of Anthony S. Fauci, the country’s top infectious-disease doctor — urged people to resist the regulations implemented by health experts and elected officials to help prevent the spread of covid. “They can’t arrest all of us,” Paul said at the time.

Paul’s feelings toward the trucker convoy are much different than his sentiments about Black Lives Matter protests in recent years. After a crowd of D.C. protesters in 2020 yelled at Paul to say the name of Breonna Taylor, who was shot by police in Louisville, the senator claimed his “life was in danger” and denounced Black Lives Matter demonstrators as a “crazed mob.” The Republican also called on the FBI to investigate the incident featuring protesters that President Donald Trump described at the time as “thugs,” according to Reuters.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/02/12/rand-paul-trucker-protest-super-bowl/

[Hugin]

1. In the middle of a pandemic.

With crisis standards of care still in place in various areas.

Charming.

[Blue Owl]

2. Suddenly Republicans are the party of clogging

[Bernardo de La Paz]

9. Toilets one thing. Vital streets are another. "Party of Law & Order" is lawless. . . nt

[CurtEastPoint]

3. his brain is clogged due to that goddamn mammal on top of his head

[TexasBushwhacker]

22. Enough about his hair

He has curly hair he cuts himself. There are so many other things about him worth criticizing.

[iemanja]

4. The Republicans want to deprive America of the Super bowl

that should be a political point repeated often.

[pandr32]

5. How about they clog up his home access instead

He wishes hardship and illness on others because he wants to be 'free' to take no responsibility at all for the well-being of society.
We should all just make sure karma happens for him.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

13. Put a cork covered robot into a access hole near him and have it crawl up his sewer pipe. . . nt

[pandr32]

28. Sounds like a plan!

[Bristlecone]

6. Obstructionist views on every level

[aeromanKC]

7. Rand Paul advocating Domestic Terrorism

[mahina]

8. Loathsome lying little weasel.

What a disgrace.

Also

[PortTack]

19. I posted this yesterday as well! The truckers best stay away, or it won't end well

[roamer65]

10. Now we can see why his neighbor put his lights out.

[Irish_Dem]

11. Totally irresponsible leadership

[tenderfoot]

12. The pro-run over protestors crowd is totally fine with tieing up traffic

And to think that there are so many blue collars who support this rather than fighting for higher wages.

[Buckeyeblue]

14. I hope they do too...

It will bring their crazy, white supremacist agenda for all to see. Let it happen. I don't think the fall-out will work out well for them.

[madinmaryland]

15. I'm urging Rand Paul's neighbor to pay Rand a visit.

[sarcasmo]

16. Republicans love inciting.

[cbabe]

17. OK Rand. Your home first?

[634-5789]

18. Why would any sane person want that hate filled discord?

[FakeNoose]

20. He's going to hear from angry Repukes who spent ridiculous $thousands on SuperBowl tickets

If they can't get in to see the game that they paid upwards of $10 thousand to see, they're going to blame the evil idiot Rand Paul.

[GoCubsGo]

24. Yeah, it will blow up in their faces like nothing they've ever seen before.

You ain't seen "backfire" until you see idiots trying to disrupt the Super Bowl.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

21. Since he's being such a jerk

I hope he has another confrontation with a neighbor

[gldstwmn]

23. I think they should all go to Rand Paul's house.

[Artistree22]

25. He wouldn't be saying this....

if the super bowl was in a red state. He gets off to bashing California, so of course he wants chaos there.
He is such a coward.

It's a slippery slope advocating to disrupt traffic for any length of time because it affect everyone in the area.
Ugh.

love n peace

[jmowreader]

26. Not a great idea

“Rand Paul fucked up the Super Bowl” is not a great campaign ad to have to run against…and he’s up for re-election this year.

[Dirty Socialist]

27. Rand Paul is an Ayn Rand "objectivist"

Meaning: people should throw objects at him

[themaguffin]

29. GOP is out of touch to think the majority supports this.

[kacekwl]

30. Does Paul understand he's a member of the

United States Congress of which he took an oath to ? He should resign immediately. Traitor.

[milestogo]

32. I really don't think he gets it.

He's dangerous.

[tanyev]

31. America First!*

*except the parts of America I hate