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Coventina

(27,100 posts)
Tue Mar 21, 2023, 05:51 PM Mar 2023

Rand Paul tweets NY DA 'should be put in jail'

Source: The Hill

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Tuesday suggested that the Manhattan district attorney “should be put in jail” amid anticipation that former President Trump could be hit with an indictment today as prosecutors probe payments made to adult-film star Stormy Daniels during Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.

“A Trump indictment would be a disgusting abuse of power. The DA should be put in jail,” Paul tweeted.

Trump over the weekend suggested he’d be arrested on Tuesday in connection with the alleged hush-money payments. He’s knocked Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and the district attorney’s office — and called on his supporters to protest, which sparked worries about how his base could respond. Barricades were seen being unloaded outside the Manhattan Criminal Court on Monday.

The district attorney’s office has declined to comment on Trump’s claims that the arrest could come as soon as this week.

Paul and other Trump supporters have put down the investigation and possible indictment as politically motivated.

“It just feels like a politically charged prosecution here,” Trump’s former Vice President Mike Pence argued.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/3910156-rand-paul-tweets-ny-da-should-be-put-in-jail/



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Rand Paul tweets NY DA 'should be put in jail' (Original Post) Coventina Mar 2023 OP
Will they say the same for Georgia?................... Lovie777 Mar 2023 #1
Yes PortTack Mar 2023 #14
Rand's neighbor had the right idea Botany Mar 2023 #2
The neighbor who beat the piss out of Bland Paul Comfortably_Numb Mar 2023 #4
I don't know if he sleeps like a baby but it was expensive. former9thward Mar 2023 #27
Wonder if there's a Go Fund Me tonekat Mar 2023 #54
I think getting TFG off is what caused the potential indictments in the first place. Yavin4 Mar 2023 #13
Appreciate that dose of reality. But as Mastercard famously said beginning back in their famous 90s Comfortably_Numb Mar 2023 #31
Hey burr head Traildogbob Mar 2023 #3
Why is it that no investigative reporter is trying to find out how trump has compromised all these Escurumbele Mar 2023 #5
I have always wondered how ... Novara Mar 2023 #15
He called Ted Cruz's wife ugly not Rubio former9thward Mar 2023 #28
oops Novara Mar 2023 #39
How did Trump compromise the Republican Party! atreides1 Mar 2023 #41
How dare they Snoopy 7 Mar 2023 #6
please cite exactly which law he has broken... bahboo Mar 2023 #7
"ya weasel wig wearing fuckstick" Botany Mar 2023 #9
This message was self-deleted by its author Rebl2 Mar 2023 #8
Rand Paul's neighbor should have finished the job. paleotn Mar 2023 #10
I guess... 2naSalit Mar 2023 #11
"...a disgusting abuse of power." Novara Mar 2023 #12
This 👆 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2023 #20
+1000 sakabatou Mar 2023 #29
You're forgiven Coventina .......Paul on the other hand should be thrown in jail just turbinetree Mar 2023 #16
What feels like "politically charged prosecution" is actually this thing called "accountability." Efilroft Sul Mar 2023 #17
Aqua fucking Buddha sez what?? Fuck you Randy. Wish your neighbor had hit you harder. nt Evolve Dammit Mar 2023 #18
Holding a criminal accountable is now louis-t Mar 2023 #19
Factual proof means nothing to these people Bayard Mar 2023 #21
RuPaul is the only good one in the family. twodogsbarking Mar 2023 #22
I thought he only pretended to be a doctor MurrayDelph Mar 2023 #23
I love how Rand Paul pretends to be this independent thinking libertarian.... jcgoldie Mar 2023 #24
Rand Paul should fuck himself right in the hernia Orrex Mar 2023 #25
There has to be a Rand Paul quote about locking up Hillary. JohnnyRingo Mar 2023 #26
I don't think these people tavernier Mar 2023 #30
Awwww. The poor baby. SuperCoder Mar 2023 #32
Calling rand Paul's neighbor JohnSJ Mar 2023 #33
It's no wonder The Wizard Mar 2023 #34
Rand Paul should go discuss this with his neighbor ... aggiesal Mar 2023 #35
Yep, ReadItnWeep Mar 2023 #36
Yep, ReadItnWeep Mar 2023 #37
Haven't heard much from this whack job in a while SouthernDem4ever Mar 2023 #38
Someone please tell the human tribble stand to STFU Ray Bruns Mar 2023 #40
lol so if the DA should be put in jail for treestar Mar 2023 #42
Mr. Rogers didn't consider that you could have a neighbor like Rand Paul. twodogsbarking Mar 2023 #43
Libertarian Rand turned Fascist Rand. sarcasmo Mar 2023 #44
What a repugnant little pimple he is. Joinfortmill Mar 2023 #45
Apparently, Republicans don't like it when factual evidence of wrongdoing is exposed, Firestorm49 Mar 2023 #46
Since the 1700s DownriverDem Mar 2023 #47
Rand Paul should have all of his teeth yanked out. LiberalFighter Mar 2023 #48
Rand Paul is a jackass, with a touch of racism, just like his old man JohnSJ Mar 2023 #49
Paul should be jailed for bagimin Mar 2023 #50
Gland Fall RocRizzo55 Mar 2023 #51
This message was self-deleted by its author Writethinker Mar 2023 #52
Rand needs to stay in his lane tonekat Mar 2023 #53

Lovie777

(12,230 posts)
1. Will they say the same for Georgia?...................
Tue Mar 21, 2023, 06:02 PM
Mar 2023

Will they say the same for J6?

GQP are so desperate they would incite violence and fan the fames and watch Americans' get hurt and even die.

Botany

(70,489 posts)
2. Rand's neighbor had the right idea
Tue Mar 21, 2023, 06:02 PM
Mar 2023

"Paul and other Trump supporters have put down the investigation and possible indictment as
politically motivated." The cases will be tried in courts and based on facts, evidence, and testimony
so if Rand has proof that can get TFG off then I bet Trump's lawyers would love to see it and if
not he can STFU.

Comfortably_Numb

(3,801 posts)
4. The neighbor who beat the piss out of Bland Paul
Tue Mar 21, 2023, 06:07 PM
Mar 2023

must sleep like a baby nights knowing the appreciation most of us feel for the work he performed…violence is wrong, but Rand Paul is always wrong too, so it’s a wash.

Comfortably_Numb

(3,801 posts)
31. Appreciate that dose of reality. But as Mastercard famously said beginning back in their famous 90s
Tue Mar 21, 2023, 09:59 PM
Mar 2023

Commercials, “beating the piss out of Rand Paul, priceless.”

Traildogbob

(8,711 posts)
3. Hey burr head
Tue Mar 21, 2023, 06:03 PM
Mar 2023

Ya know who ougtta be put in jail? An asshole Senator that went to Russia to hand deliver a letter from Donald J Trump to Pootie, right after 4th of July meeting with other GQP traitors. Hope your neighbor is feeling a bit fed up. A national hero he is.

Escurumbele

(3,386 posts)
5. Why is it that no investigative reporter is trying to find out how trump has compromised all these
Tue Mar 21, 2023, 06:07 PM
Mar 2023

jackasses? If you only look at Lindsey Grahams case you have to conclude there was some compromising involved. Graham told truths about how unfit and crazy trump is, then trump takes him to play 18 holes of golf, the next day Graham becomes a lap dog for trump, and still is. What scared Graham so much that he is so afraid? He knows what trash trump is, but what keeps him awake at night? Same with Jordan, and many others.

Rand Paul is just an ass, so it could be that he is not compromised, that he is just being him.

Novara

(5,840 posts)
15. I have always wondered how ...
Tue Mar 21, 2023, 06:42 PM
Mar 2023

... people like Marco Fucking Rubio can kiss the orange fuckstick's ass after he called his wife ugly.

I sometimes wonder if Russian money came into a lot of their campaign accounts - all of it illegally - and he's threatening them with spilling the beans on all of them.

Novara

(5,840 posts)
39. oops
Wed Mar 22, 2023, 07:00 AM
Mar 2023

But how? I mean, really? After insulting his wife?

They go from opposing him to kissing his orange ass. It doesn't make sense unless he's got something to hold over them. If they would have remained firm, we probably wouldn't be in the mess we're in today.

atreides1

(16,072 posts)
41. How did Trump compromise the Republican Party!
Wed Mar 22, 2023, 08:38 AM
Mar 2023

The, Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), an agency concerned with collection of intelligence outside the CIS; reports directly to the President of Russia.

The Russians have always been better at collecting "personal" information, then the CIA!

I would bet that Putin has provided Trump with certain information on those members of the US Congress, who appear to be Trump's biggest defenders.

Snoopy 7

(526 posts)
6. How dare they
Tue Mar 21, 2023, 06:09 PM
Mar 2023

How dare they try to hold the golden calf/cow responsible for his actions. Who the HE!! does the FAKE ophthalmologist think he is he couldn't even pass his test. Now he wants to pass this BS for his idol...

Response to Coventina (Original post)

2naSalit

(86,528 posts)
11. I guess...
Tue Mar 21, 2023, 06:28 PM
Mar 2023

Indicting the head of the cult will bring out all his disciples to defend im. They'll tell on themselves.

Novara

(5,840 posts)
12. "...a disgusting abuse of power."
Tue Mar 21, 2023, 06:39 PM
Mar 2023

Uh, no, Brillo-head. A disgusting abuse of power is a congress member calling for a DA to be imprisoned for doing his damn job.

turbinetree

(24,695 posts)
16. You're forgiven Coventina .......Paul on the other hand should be thrown in jail just
Tue Mar 21, 2023, 06:42 PM
Mar 2023

for being a Rand Paul and just for the record Paul delivered a letter from Trump to Putin in 2018...well by golly let the mind wonder...

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-russia/senator-paul-delivers-letter-from-trump-to-putins-government-idUSKBN1KT1RV

The above reporting paragraphs basically says it a ll...

Paul, one of the few Republicans to defend Trump’s widely panned performance at a July 16 news conference with Putin in Helsinki, said he had traveled to Moscow to encourage diplomacy.

“I was honored to deliver a letter from President Trump to President Vladimir Putin’s administration. The letter emphasized the importance of further engagement in various areas including countering terrorism, enhancing legislative dialogue and resuming cultural exchanges,” Paul wrote in a Twitter post.

The White House said the Republican president had provided Paul with a “letter of introduction” for his trip at the senator’s request.



So Paul your all in when a someone tries to strong arm someone else..,...just like what your doing with this BS that your spouting....your a disgrace to be in office.....

louis-t

(23,291 posts)
19. Holding a criminal accountable is now
Tue Mar 21, 2023, 06:57 PM
Mar 2023

"abuse of power". Ok, well now I've just about everything I need to know. The amount of evidence is staggering.

Bayard

(22,055 posts)
21. Factual proof means nothing to these people
Tue Mar 21, 2023, 07:46 PM
Mar 2023

Or else, like Fox TV, they know the score, but feel they have to keep the public mask on.

MurrayDelph

(5,293 posts)
23. I thought he only pretended to be a doctor
Tue Mar 21, 2023, 07:53 PM
Mar 2023

Now he's pretending to be a lawyer as well.


(A lifetime of observation has allowed me to come up with the theorem that people who are, let's call, rigid thinkers demonstrate the delusion that their perceived expertise in one area makes them de-factor experts in all areas. And there are no more-rigid thinkers than those who consider themselves Libertarian)

jcgoldie

(11,631 posts)
24. I love how Rand Paul pretends to be this independent thinking libertarian....
Tue Mar 21, 2023, 07:57 PM
Mar 2023

... and he's really just one of the biggest MAGA ass-kissers in the senate.

tavernier

(12,376 posts)
30. I don't think these people
Tue Mar 21, 2023, 09:49 PM
Mar 2023

understand the definition of the word Disgusting.
Were they all raised somewhere where English wasn’t spoken and only learned the language when they ran for office? I’m baffled.

SouthernDem4ever

(6,617 posts)
38. Haven't heard much from this whack job in a while
Wed Mar 22, 2023, 06:12 AM
Mar 2023

Probably since he's been out-whacked by the GOP House members.

treestar

(82,383 posts)
42. lol so if the DA should be put in jail for
Wed Mar 22, 2023, 08:45 AM
Mar 2023

making a case someone does not like, would that someone not be a dictator?

How does Rand think the legal system works? It is just automatically going to come out how he wants it to?

Firestorm49

(4,032 posts)
46. Apparently, Republicans don't like it when factual evidence of wrongdoing is exposed,
Wed Mar 22, 2023, 10:02 AM
Mar 2023

but revel in endless investigations that eventually reveal absolutely nothing, like Hillary’s countless Benghazi hearings, or Hunter Biden’s laptop fiasco. Rand Paul is just another two bit mouthpiece spouting propaganda.

DownriverDem

(6,228 posts)
47. Since the 1700s
Wed Mar 22, 2023, 10:03 AM
Mar 2023

politicians have been charged, fined and jailed. trump being a former president is the difference. I know folks won't like this, but I can see him put under house arrest.

Response to Coventina (Original post)

tonekat

(1,813 posts)
53. Rand needs to stay in his lane
Thu Mar 23, 2023, 12:36 PM
Mar 2023

He has no jurisdiction in this. Maybe he needs a harsh stare from his neighbor to get back in line.

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