Republicans Say What Rand Paul Plans to Do Tonight Will Probably Lose Him the Presidential Nomination

[WestVirginiaRebel]

The Blaze:

Presidential contender and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul plans to kill the PATRIOT Act.

 

His fellow Republicans aren’t happy about it.

 

On Saturday, Paul pledged, “[T]omorrow, I will force the expiration of the NSA illegal spy program,” ahead of an unusual Sunday evening Senate vote.

 

Through a procedural maneuver, he could effectively force the expiration of the PATRIOT Act that many Republicans say has kept the nation safe from terror attacks after 9/11 — and his stance has drawn the fury of many on the right.

 

Former New York Gov. George Pataki accused Paul of “simply putting Americans at risk for a political reason” on Sunday, while former Flordia Gov. Jeb Bush said Paul’s work to kill the PATRIOT Act is flat-out “wrong.”

 

Over on Fox News, commentator Brit Hume said it seems Paul is “confused about which party he’s running in.”

 

He continued, “These stances, either on surveillance or on who’s responsible for ISIS, they’re not going to sit well with the majority of the Republican population.”

 

In Hume’s view, only a small portion of the GOP shares Paul’s “somewhat paranoid view of things.”

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Well, I must be paranoid because I actually agree with Paul on this.

[Valin]

:

Presidential contender and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul plans to kill the PATRIOT Act.

 

His fellow Republicans aren’t happy about it.

 

On Saturday, Paul pledged, “[T]omorrow, I will force the expiration of the NSA illegal spy program,” ahead of an unusual Sunday evening Senate vote.

 

Well, I must be paranoid because I actually agree with Paul on this.

 

 

I can think of a large number of people who are happy about the Patriot act going away...and they are not friends of liberty.

 

The 215 program (Metadata) 1 your phone number (ie xxx-xxx-xxxx) 2 the phone number that called your phone number (ie xxx-xxx-xxxx) 3 the length of the call (ie 5:37) That is what has caused some people to get their panties in a bunch about. No names...no content...just 3 sets of numbers.

[Valin]

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