[25] In April 2020, after recovering from COVID-19, Paul began volunteering at a hospital in Bowling Green, assisting them in their response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Kentucky. In a segment on Fox News, which went viral, comedian Jon Stewart and 9/11 first responder John Feal rebuked Paul, accusing him of hypocritical "fiscal responsibility virtue signalling", for delaying passage of the bill, while at the same time he voted in favor of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, which increased the deficit. In addition, a three-page-long passage of Paul's book Government Bullies was taken directly from an article by the conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation. [169] In December 2018, in the wake of court filings implicating President Trump's involvement in campaign finance violations, including an attempt to buy a woman's silence, Paul played down the alleged violations and said that they should not be "over-criminalized. Paul argued that he was not blocking the bill, but rather seeking a vote on an amendment that would offset the new spending by other spending cuts due to the deficit. [356], On August 11, 2021, Rand Paul disclosed that his wife Kelley Paul had purchased a stake in Gilead Sciences, which manufactures an antiviral drug used to treat COVID-19, on February 26, 2020. [72] James Dobson, a Christian evangelical figure, endorsed Grayson on April 26 based on the advice of what Dobson described as "senior members of the GOP", but on May 3 the Paul campaign announced that Dobson had changed his endorsement to Paul[73] after Paul and some Paul supporters had lobbied Dobson insisting on Paul's social conservative bona fides. [214], During the 2014 election, Paul launched a social media campaign titled "Hillary's Losers" which was meant to highlight many of the Democratic candidates that lost their bids for the U.S. Senate despite endorsements from Hillary Clinton. [54][55] He is also a contributor to Time magazine.[56]. [31] By Paul's estimate, about 50 or 60 doctors were certified by the NBO. Paul stated that the attack will increase tensions between the two countries. "[166], In February 2018, Republican senators introduced an immigration framework akin to that proposed by President Trump and with his support that called for $25 billion being provided for border security in exchange for a pathway to citizenship for 1.8 million immigrants brought into the US illegally. With two Republicans already in the 2024 presidential race and possibly a half-dozen more in spring, some forward-thinking strategists are already looking to next year, when the eventual nominee will pick a running mate. [239] Since the 2016 Republican primary, when Paul was highly critical of Trump, he has "become one of the president's closest allies despite occasionally voting against Trump's nominees and legislative proposals. (Ark. [109] However, he was later vocal about his disagreements with Romney on a number of policies. [320] Also in 2022, he introduced the Breakthrough Therapies Act to allow Schedule I drugs such as psilocybin and MDMA to be rescheduled when they are designated as breakthrough therapies by the Food and Drug Administration. degree in 1988 and completed his residency in 1993. [205], In May 2022, Paul blocked a bipartisan bill that would provide $40 billion in aid for Ukraine during the Russian invasion, citing the need to create a special inspector general to oversee how the aid is spent. Paul has said pollution emissions are subject to "onerous regulation. [185] In response, Paul said he has always insisted on "pay-go provisions" for any increase in spending, including for disaster relief funding, and called Stewart uninformed and a part of a "left-wing mob". Rand Paul as VP for either eliminates the need for a libertarian nominee or third-party candidate," the adviser said. [94][95], On March 2, Paul was one of nine senators to vote against a stopgap bill that cut $4billion from the budget and would temporarily prevent a government shutdown, saying that it did not cut enough from the budget. Paul's potential candidacy was discussed in the Los Angeles Times[57] and locally in the Kentucky press. [309] Paul has also supported states' rights-focused cannabis legislation, introducing the RohrabacherFarr amendment in 2014,[310] cosponsoring the STATES Act in 2018,[311] and introducing other amendments. Paul sustained five broken ribs, of which three were displaced fractures. He ended his campaign in February 2016 after finishing in fifth place during the Iowa caucuses. He said that the United States should try to maintain a "respectful relationship with Russia" and avoid taking actions that the Russians might view as a provocation, such as seeking to have Ukraine join NATO or otherwise interfering in Russia's relationship with Ukraine. area. "[331][332] In 2018, Paul called for an investigation of a National Science Foundation grant that went towards educating meteorologists about the science of climate change. Nashville: Center Street. Paul felt this was unfair and campaigned to have all ophthalmologists recertify every ten years. He said that further action should not be taken without congressional authorization. [45][49], On the announcement of the filing of the lawsuit, Mattie Fein, the spokeswoman for and former wife of attorney Bruce Fein, complained that Fein's intellectual contribution to the lawsuit had been stolen and that he had not been properly paid for his work. [105] Later that month, Paul blocked legislation that would strengthen safety rules for oil and gas pipelines, because, he stated, the bill was not strong enough. [113][114] Paul said his purpose was to challenge drone policy in general and specifically as it related to noncombatants on U.S. soil. Republican senators from Ted Cruz to Josh Hawley to Rick Scott are all taking a pass on a 2024 presidential run after former President Donald Trump Initially, Paul insisted that the 2020 elections were fraudulent,[196][197] and in December 2020, claimed that the election "in many ways was stolen. Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, a potential 2024 Republican presidential contender, argues that "its time to stop election fraud" in a mailer sent by the Protect [27], Paul specializes in cataract and glaucoma surgeries, LASIK procedures, and corneal transplants. [111], On March 67, 2013, Paul engaged in a filibuster to delay voting on the nomination of John O. Brennan as the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. This page provides the names of politicians and public figures discussed as potential presidential contenders in 2024 by national media outlets. President Joe Biden (D) said he was planning to run for re-election with Vice President Kamala Harris (D) on the Democratic ticket. [1] [18] The younger Paul spent several summer vacations interning in his father's congressional office. Paul describes himself as a constitutional conservative and supporter of the Tea Party movement [371] Rand Paul and his wife deny this; they claim that the "media" have "misrepresented" this "from the beginning" and that the attack was "politically motivated." 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The average voter generally is emotional, has short term memory loss, and is easily swayed by charisma and heavy proposals. Trump is persona non grata. [64][65][66], On August 20, 2009, Paul's supporters planned a moneybomb to kick off his campaign. [25] After his election to the U.S. Senate, he merged his practice with Downing's medical practice. Our founding fathers went to the local courthouse to be married, not to Washington, D.C. [346] Paul said New York's high fatality rate showed that mitigation efforts were insufficient. [44], In February 2014, Paul joined the Tea Party-affiliated conservative advocacy group FreedomWorks in filing a class-action lawsuit charging that the federal government's bulk collection of Americans' phone records metadata is a violation of the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Both bills failed to pass the Senate. Paul was sworn in on January 5, 2011, along with his father, who was simultaneously in the House of Representatives. Paul describes himself as a constitutional conservative and supporter of the Tea Party movement. [160], Paul questioned President Trump's April 2017 missile strike to Syria by saying, "While we all condemn the atrocities in Syria, the United States was not attacked." *: These candidates were constitutionally ineligible to serve as President or Vice President. [381], In August 2020, immediately following his attendance at the keynote speech delivered by President Donald Trump for the 2020 Republican National Convention held at the White House, Paul was confronted by protestors on his way to a hotel with his wife. According to The Guardian, Paul has received over $250,000 from oil, gas and coal interests since 2012. [50] Paul's representatives denied the charge, and Fein issued a statement saying that Mattie Fein had not been authorized to speak for him on the matter and that he had in fact been paid for his work on the lawsuit. I've often said I don't want my guns or my marriage registered in Washington. [199] He additionally condemned the attack while it occurred, calling it "violence and mob rule" and "un-American." [342], In May 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Paul said that stay-at-home orders amounted to "dictatorship" by Kentucky's Democratic governor Andy Beshear. WebThe United States will hold a presidential election on November 5, 2024. American physician and politician (born 1963), "Senator Paul" redirects here. Kentucky Republican Senator Rand Paul sat down with Fox host Laura Ingraham on Friday to share his theory on what would otherwise be an extraordinary handling of Biden by the so-called mainstream media that has gently treated Biden with kid gloves throughout his intentionally disastrous presidency. "[202] Once Trump was impeached in January 2021, Paul introduced a motion to the Senate declaring the impeachment to be unconstitutional. Specialty certification does not affect physician licensure, and Paul's medical license has been valid continuously, with no board actions, since June 1993. [37] The group[38][39] examined Kentucky legislators' records on taxation and spending and encouraged politicians to publicly pledge to vote uniformly against tax increases. [351] In July 2021, Fauci responded to Paul's allegations and called him a liar. [335][336] In 2009, Paul was interviewed by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and suggested mandatory vaccination would be akin to martial law. [168], FiveThirtyEight, which tracks Congressional votes, found that Paul had voted with Donald Trump's positions the least out of all Republicans, only voting with him 74% of the time by August 2018. [8], Despite his father's libertarian views and strong support for individual rights,[8][9] the novelist Ayn Rand was not the inspiration for his first name. Glenn Youngkin and South Dakota Gov. 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