{"id":43005,"date":"2020-12-22T09:52:06","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T13:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=43005"},"modified":"2020-12-22T09:52:06","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T13:52:06","slug":"you-are-no-better-than-socialist-dems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=43005","title":{"rendered":"\u2018You Are No Better Than Socialist Dems\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Paul Slams Republicans Voting For COVID Bill: \u2018You Are No Better Than Socialist Dems\u2019<\/h1>\n<h3>\u201cWhen you vote to pass out free money, you lose your soul and you abandon forever any semblance of moral or fiscal integrity\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screen-Shot-2020-12-22-at-13.33.19-pm.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-43006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screen-Shot-2020-12-22-at-13.33.19-pm.png 800w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screen-Shot-2020-12-22-at-13.33.19-pm-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screen-Shot-2020-12-22-at-13.33.19-pm-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Steve Watson<br \/>\nSUMMIT NEWS<\/p>\n<p><strong>Senator Rand Paul slammed Republicans Monday for voting in favour of a huge $900 billion coronavirus relief\u00a0bill, saying that they are no better than the Democrats they routinely label as \u2018socialists\u2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo so-called conservatives who are quick to identify the socialism of Democrats: If you vote for this spending monstrosity, you are no better,\u201d Paul urged in a speech on the Senate floor:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1341143851923349505&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fsummit.news%2F2020%2F12%2F22%2Fpaul-slams-republicans-voting-for-covid-bill-you-are-no-better-than-socialist-dems%2F&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1341143851923349505\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The Democrat controlled House, as well as the Senate passed the legislation, also tacking on a $1.4 trillion spending bill, prompting Paul to criticise the move as the government giving away \u201cfree money\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you vote to pass out free money, you lose your soul and you abandon forever any semblance of moral or fiscal integrity,\u201d Paul urged.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf free money was the answer\u2026\u00a0if money really did grow on trees, why not give more free money?\u201d Paul said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy not give it out all the time? Why stop at $600 a person? Why not $1,000? Why not $2,000? Maybe these new Free-Money Republicans should join the Everybody-Gets-A-Guaranteed-Income Caucus? Why not $20,000 a year for everybody, why not $30,000? If we can print out money with impunity, why not do it?\u201d the Senator proclaimed.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Paul, only five other Republicans voted against the legislation:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1341262192797122560&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fsummit.news%2F2020%2F12%2F22%2Fpaul-slams-republicans-voting-for-covid-bill-you-are-no-better-than-socialist-dems%2F&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1341262192797122560\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Senator Ted Cruz tweeted that there was no time to even read the bill, ironically agreeing with extreme leftist Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez:<\/p>\n<div id=\"in-article\">\n<div class=\"ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-2\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-2&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1341095275432173571&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fsummit.news%2F2020%2F12%2F22%2Fpaul-slams-republicans-voting-for-covid-bill-you-are-no-better-than-socialist-dems%2F&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1341095275432173571\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Paul also noted that it would have been impossible for anyone to have read the bill:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-3\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-3&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1341101423996661761&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fsummit.news%2F2020%2F12%2F22%2Fpaul-slams-republicans-voting-for-covid-bill-you-are-no-better-than-socialist-dems%2F&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1341101423996661761\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Paul vowed to continue to \u2018sound the alarm\u2019 over excessive spending:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-4\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-4&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1341093776010457093&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fsummit.news%2F2020%2F12%2F22%2Fpaul-slams-republicans-voting-for-covid-bill-you-are-no-better-than-socialist-dems%2F&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1341093776010457093\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-5\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-5&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1341093775062544389&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fsummit.news%2F2020%2F12%2F22%2Fpaul-slams-republicans-voting-for-covid-bill-you-are-no-better-than-socialist-dems%2F&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1341093775062544389\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet 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Dems\u2019 \u201cWhen you vote to pass out free money, you lose your soul and you abandon forever any semblance of moral or fiscal integrity\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43005\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}