Rand Paul
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Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is calling on the GOP to “man up” against President Donald Trump.
While speaking on POLITICO’s “The Conversation” released Friday, Paul was asked about newly surfaced text messages allegedly sent by Paul Ingrassia, who withdrew his nomination from Trump to lead the Office of Special Counsel on Tuesday. In a chat to a group of Republicans, first reported by the outlet, Ingrassia reportedly said that he has “a Nazi streak” and that Martin Luther King Jr. Day should be “tossed into the seventh circle of hell.”
Ingrassia, who was initially set to appear before senators on Thursday, had also faced scrutiny after POLITICO revealed earlier this month that he had been accused of sexual harassment by a colleague. He denied any wrongdoing.
“What I say to the president and to his administration: you need to read the messages, and guess what? You need to make a decision on whether you want to send him forward,” Paul said when asked whether the Senate should halt consideration of Ingrassia for the top ethics spot until a full inquiry is conducted.
He continued: “I’m tired of being the only one that has to block everything and do everything... I hear a lot of flack from Republicans and they want me to do it. They say, ‘Oh, well, you’re not afraid of the president. You go tell him his nominee can’t make it.”
Paul described himself as the “whipping boy,” adding that “I’m tired of the only one that has any guts to stand up and tell the president the truth.”
“These Republicans, if they’re going to vote no, they need to man up and need to say, ‘We’re going to vote no because of this reason.’ And they need to tell the president,” Paul said, before adding: “But so far, what I’m hearing is rumbling and griping, and want me to do their job for them. So they need to step up."
https://www.nj.com/politics/2025/10/trumps-whipping-boy-says-hes-tired-of-doing-the-dirty-work.html
