Yesterday, Senator Rand Paul delivered a historic, nearly 13-hour long filibuster to force the Obama administration to reverse course on their policy that they had the right to use military drone strikes against American citizens on U.S. soil without due process.
Senator Rand Paul was victorious – and the Obama administration today began to back away from their policy.
But guess who came in to give cover to Obama today and mercilessly ridiculed Senator Rand Paul? Why it was none other than John McCain. Here’s what he had to say:
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McCain Blasts Rand Paul Over Filibuster
Posted: 07 Mar 2013 10:24 AM PST
Sen. John McCain took to the floor of the Senate today and blasted Sen. Rand Paul for his filibuster last night, saying it entered the “realm of the ridiculous.”
“Calm down, Senator,” McCain said, in an apostrophe to Paul. “The U.S. government cannot randomly target U.S. citizens.”
In his filibuster Wednesday, Paul criticized the White House over its drone policies, and for refusing to rule out military strikes against U.S. citizens on American soil.
McCain, a staunch foreign policy hawk, said Thursday that Paul’s warnings that the U.S. could target “Jane Fonda” or “people in cafes” bring the debate into the “realm of the ridiculous.”
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