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sheshe2

(83,730 posts)
2. First of all the tweet is from 02/2016.
Sun Nov 29, 2020, 11:37 PM
Nov 2020

I believe that makes it 4 and a half years old.

Here is the follow up tweet by Rand. Twitter tagged as fraudulent.




Nite, melman.

George II

(67,782 posts)
8. Bazinga!
Mon Nov 30, 2020, 12:10 AM
Nov 2020

So, a 4+ year old highly sarcastic tweet from Rick Wilson and a discredited tweet from Rand Paul (just look at the responses, hysterical!). One more and we have the Trifecta of irony.

Good catch on that aged tweet, She!

tulipsandroses

(5,122 posts)
6. I'm confused. What are we supposed to be gathering from this post?
Sun Nov 29, 2020, 11:59 PM
Nov 2020

I think we all know that these guys are former republicans. Well some still identify as republican. Some don't. I'm sure you can find a whole lot of things they said in past years that were complimentary to republicans.

moonscape

(4,673 posts)
18. Exactly. They are still conservatives, prefer
Mon Nov 30, 2020, 12:46 AM
Nov 2020

limited govt, etc. Why people expect them to be democrats is beyond me. Constantly trying to prove they’re not is a big duh.

The fact they are working so hard to save democracy and unseat those who were complicit in being okay with destroying it, even though that means being on the side of those holding policy positions they don’t agree with, makes them admirable in my book.

Once the ship is righted, assuming it ever is, they will of course return to promoting policies they are more in line with. I expect that. But they want to have that argument within a democratic framework. So do we all.

 

melman

(7,681 posts)
17. Rick Wilson loved Rand Paul before he found out there was money in pretending he doesn't
Mon Nov 30, 2020, 12:46 AM
Nov 2020

Rick Wilson is a grifter. A racist Republican grifter.

 

melman

(7,681 posts)
22. Rand Paul was exactly the same right-wing shithead in 2016 that he is today
Mon Nov 30, 2020, 05:32 PM
Nov 2020

Just like Rick Wilson.


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