Rand Paul Is Turning Out to Be the 2016 Troller-in-Chief
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US Senate(WASHINGTON) — Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., may be mulling a bid to be the next commander-in-chief in 2016, but he may have already earned the unofficial title of troller-in-chief with his pointed digs at his potential rivals — Democrats and Republicans alike.
The latest came Wednesday evening, when Paul used “#ThingsToRunFrom” to describe former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
The same old candidates running for President #ThingsToRunFrom pic.twitter.com/MIljwji097
— Senator Rand Paul (@SenRandPaul) January 28, 2015
The first Republican-on-Republican trolling came in December, when Paul called out Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., for opposing the normalization of relations between the U.S. and Cuba.
Hey @marcorubio if the embargo doesn’t hurt Cuba, why do you want to keep it?
— Senator Rand Paul (@SenRandPaul) December 19, 2014
Senator @marcorubio is acting like an isolationist who wants to retreat to our borders and perhaps build a moat. I reject this isolationism.
— Senator Rand Paul (@SenRandPaul) December 19, 2014
The United States trades and engages with other communist nations, such as China and Vietnam. So @marcorubio why not Cuba?
— Senator Rand Paul (@SenRandPaul) December 19, 2014
He trolled Bush and Romney after their meeting in Utah earlier this month.
Jeb Bush apparently gave Mitt Romney a “third time’s a charm” bracelet at their meeting in Utah today: pic.twitter.com/uaOsZfMJEq
— Senator Rand Paul (@SenRandPaul) January 22, 2015
Mitt Romney’s friendship band to Jeb Bush at today’s meeting in Utah: pic.twitter.com/eprVgg2YUx
— Senator Rand Paul (@SenRandPaul) January 22, 2015
He’s aired his grievance on Festivus…
I’ve got a lot of problems with you people (mostly in DC), and today you’re going to hear about it! Stayed tuned for #Festivus grievances
— Senator Rand Paul (@SenRandPaul) December 23, 2014
…and critiqued his fellow Republicans’ fashion choices.
We all know having a fashion forward campaign is important to success, as @RickSantorum showed us in 2012 #Festivus pic.twitter.com/qAeGIp2wpo
— Senator Rand Paul (@SenRandPaul) December 23, 2014
No matter how many times I ask @Team_Mitch, he won’t let me borrow this awesome sweater vest pic.twitter.com/VACHu6RdVY
— Senator Rand Paul (@SenRandPaul) December 23, 2014
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