Rand Paul ripped apart the Obama Regime in a real Filibuster that lasted 13 hours. He was joined by 13 Republicans that included Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Mike Lee and Democrat Ron Wyden who supported his filibuster. In his 13 hours, Paul ripped every Obama policy for the last 4 years. Paul stressed the Un-Constitutionality of every action of the Obama regime.
Senator Rand Paul took over the Senate floor Wednesday with a old-fashioned, talk-until-you-drop filibuster against John Brennan’s nomination as CIA director vote, delivering a protracted speech on civil liberties and President Barack Obama’s abuse of executive power for nearly 13 hours.
“I will speak until I can no longer speak,” Paul began Wednesday morning, at 11:47 a.m. “I cannot sit quietly and let [the President] shred the Constitution.”
It didn’t end until 12:39 a.m. Thursday morning, when he wrapped up to thunderous applause.
[….]Paul became the first Senator to use the “talking filibuster” in more than two years. He was joined several of his Senate colleagues around the three-hour mark, and the group had grown to 13 Republicans and one Democrat — Sen. Ron Wyden — by the end of the filibuster.
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After more than three hours at podium, Paul was relieved by Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee and Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz.
“You’re standing here like a modern-day ‘Mr. Smith Goes To Washington,'” Cruz told Paul admiringly. “You must surely be making Jimmy Stewart smile.”
[….]Florida Senator Marco Rubio, another GOP darling, joined the filibuster briefly around the fifth-hour mark.
Taking the floor, Rubio joked to Paul: “Let me give you some advice — keep some water nearby.”
[….]A little before 8 p.m., Cruz came back to the floor and began reading tweets that in support of Paul. Saying he was “getting a little tired,” Paul thanked Cruz for “bringing news of the outside world,” because electronic devices are not permitted on the Senate floor.
And shortly after 10 p.m., Cruz returned again to the floor, armed with more supportive tweets.
“You da man. That would be ‘d-a-m-a-n,'” Cruz said, reading off one of the tweets.
Rubio then came back to the floor, making a memorable speech in which he cited rappers Wiz Khalifa and Jay-Z and also quoted several lines from “The Godfather.”
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