Always has been, always will be. Dems fix what MAGA breaks.

Yeah, it didn't matter when Trump ballooned it by 28% his first term. You could have convicted him in Impeachment just for being fiscally irresponsible. Paul is blowing smoke in hopes to run for president.

Nonsense. The oligarchs control the press. The R’s will no more own this than they ‘own’ the fact that they’ve been the ones to increase the deficit during every administration since Clinton while Dems reduced it.

do you know how bad things have to get for Rand Paul to be correct as often as three to four times a year

Painful? The worst effects won’t be felt until after the mid terms. The propaganda machine will tell the low info voters the Dems lied to them about the cuts. Even if the Repubs lose the mid terms that’ll work in their favor. The cuts will kick in & the Dems will be blamed. Win win for the Repubs.

Nonsense. Within 6 Months the GOP will just use the same playbook. They'll (gop) never stop blaming the 'other'.

Blaming and lying are their forte’

And the GOP plans to hack the vote tabulation computers in every other election until the cows come home, so they do not give a f*ck about Americans...

HAHAHA. Except they still will. When is the truth ever stopped Republicans from lying?

republicans already own our debt. ever since trump added $8 trillion to it and his tax plan failed. Biden added to the debt but got a return on almost every dollar spent..trump just pissed it all away.

It will be the Democrats fault gaslighting quote.

They’ll just say that the dems broke it beyond repair and even their genius budget couldn’t save it.

God help us all when Rand Paul is the voice of reason.

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They won’t own shit. They will still blame someone else. Just watch.

And we will absolutely make sure you own every bit of it. For all time. Shackled to you the same way you have shackled a nation.

Is anyone listening?

Oh Rand...that's pretty naive to think k this won't be obviously blamed on Biden/dems.

Please, they’ll try to blame Obama!

I'm expecting them to start blaming FDR and teletubbies by Halloween.

😂😂😂😂😂

It’s all Tinky Winky’s fault!

Just gonna leave this here.

Let's see how Rand Paul votes when it all comes down to brass tacks.

How crazy is this world? So crazy, I find myself repeatedly agreeing with Rand Paul, a man I absolutely can't stand.

I will never believe anything a republican says. He will turn right around and vote for the bill anyway just like Murkowski the night before.

As an Alaskan I always have a glimmer of hope for Murkowski to do the right thing. This preliminary vote proves she's leaning in that direction. I'm hoping she can still be influenced to do the right thing. Alaskan's pick up the phone!

She voted for it last night when they put in a provision for non-contiguous states to keep their Medicaid. Today the parliamentarian said no. So she is losing Medicaid to her constituents.

Now to see how she votes on the final vote with this tanking.

We need at least 4 votes to defeat the bill............ I think.

Yes you are right , wish more were speaking out. Thank You

Of course it's a huge mistake, but the debt dance is the least of what's wrong... besides, Rand, have you never noticed the degree of 'dim' that pervades Republican voters? They'll always blame the Dems.

If this bill passes but does not go into effect, right away, before the 2026 elections and Democrats are the majority in the congress, then I beg to differ. Democrats will get blamed because they will be the majority.

A bill so toxic, his main concern is getting blamed for it 👀

What makes him think Republicans will be above blaming this on Biden and Obama? What makes him think Republicans will be above believing it?

Senators like mine, Mike Crapo and Jim Risch, will go down in history as aiding fascism in America. People will die at their hands. Their grandchildren will have to live with that legacy. I am disgusted with their lack of compassion for their constituents.

Naw Still Obama’s fault. Or JFK’s. Always a scapegoat.

The problem is that technically the debt gets bought by a whole bunch of foreign countries who rely on the U.S. behaving itself, but as soon as things start to look bad, they sell off their shares in the debt and that’s when the shit hits the fan.

Yuuuge mistake

soooo…Rand has decided to retire?

I don't think they care anymore. It's not like they're worried about hemorrhaging public support They're gonna be all in for everything until Shitler is gone. That's literally all they have. A regime full of unqualified "nepo" babies who's only talent is kissing Shitlers ass and everyone knows it

Yeah, but the GOP doesn’t care.

THEY DONT CARE…

At least none of them will say they didn't know what was in the bill when they voted.

"Racism is man's gravest threat to man - the maximum of hatred for the minimum of reason" - Abraham Joshua Heschel. They will eat worms and live in shacks if their leader shares their hatred and grievance.

Republicans love to make mistakes, then they can blame everything on Obama.

Fiscal responsibility goes out the window when mad with power..

I wish these idiots in congress would have decent discussions and compromise in good faith, for the sake of their constituents, instead of trying to win one for their team! They lose total focus and grip on their purpose in the first place! DO YOUR JOB AND VOTE NO ON THIS BILL! IMPEACH THE CRIMINALS

They'll still blame Dems though. If the media did its job, they would point out the Dems reduce the deficit, fascists increase it. Dems create jobs, fascists lose jobs. I would like to see elected fascists lose theirs!

Like they’re all not gonna lie and blame democrats anyway. C’mon.

Periodic reminder that the Trump administration added $7.8 Trillion dollars to the national debt in his first term as President. When Trump left office on January 20, 2021, he'd been responsible for 25% of the debt accrued in the history of the United States.

Kind of a nice thought, but the Republicans always seem to find some way to put the blame on Democrats and the Democrats always seem to find some way to let them get away with it.

He says that, but they'll really go "her emails", "it's Biden's fault, "this is because Obama" and claim they need more cuts to makes things better and the MAGA supporters will cheer it on and beg for more.

They already own a massive part of the debt. Bush and Trump both spiked the debt. I’ve actually never seen a Republican NOT make debt worse in my adult life

Nah. At the behest of billionaires, our media will spin it and blame Democrats and working people. I have been here before 🤷‍♀️

Elections are over. Rand Paul expresses it in a corrupt way. They now own us. Americans voted to end America.

more than 80% of current National Debt is directly related to the GOP tax cut/spending policy... but no-one seems to notice or break the perception that GOP is somehow "Fiscally conservative" and blame Democrats.

Who would have ever thought that I would agree with this tool - wow just wow 👵🏼✊🏽

Except of course that the debt is ALREADY owned by the GOP. Well over 80% of the National Debt was run up by Republican spending and tax cuts for the wealthy. This is just a mathematical fact. Hell, 25% of the entire national debt accrued over 250 years was run up by Trump in his first term alone!

But you can’t tell Americans that!

And yet the media constantly refer to them as "deficit hawks," "fiscal conservatives," etc. We're seeing the culmination of their 50+ year project to rip the country to shreds, and it's only going to get worse if we don't trounce them in the midterms.

We must protect elections and voting!

It's our last chance to defend democracy. We lose next year and it's really over.

Exactly

It’s over already. We need come to protests packing. But we won’t, because we are lazy Americans. It’s the 20 to 30 year old online gamers that have been hacked by Russia that we need to fight for us. They won’t break away from their gaming long enough. Mom’s need to kick them out of the basement.

I’m so tired of hearing this divisive crap. I could sit here and type out how many protests I’ve been to with not a gray hair in sight, but Im not pathetic like the bots that push this!I keep seeing people continue to kick at the young community members.Stop.Grow together or fail!

Every protest I've been to has had a multi-generational crowd.

Every protest before this year that I have been to have been 35yr olds or younger except for about three people who have been showing up for us since I can remember. I really appreciate them being there and regardless of how they got here I appreciate seeing more older people show up now.

Funny our local No Kings protest was at least 2/3 gray hairs.

Yea and I was happy to see it. I’ve been protesting for the last fifteen years and it’s the first time I’ve seen this many older people. Instead of focusing on that I’m just grateful they are here.

So gullible if you buy this bullshit. They will blame it on dems. The majority of the cuts will not start until after Dear Leaders current term in office. By design

Add it to the trillions from Trump’s first term from his tax cuts for the wealthy. Then, add in the trillions from the fake Iraq war from George W. All republicans.

I mean, yeah, except republikkkans don’t need things like facts or the truth in order to blame dems, they’ll just do it. And worse, people will believe it, cuz it was on tv.

Naaaaaah, Fox News will still blame it on “radical left Democrats”.

once again discount Dr. Cox from Scrubs is right

Lol! They'll still say it's the Dems. They don't admit shit

I would say they already own it. Since at least Reagan. But then, I read, and most voters don’t.

True, except the Republicans will lie through their asses as they always and blame it on reckless social spending.

If you can't find a way to message this, then you need to lose your seat.

For the first time I agree with Sen. Paul

He’s right but he’s still part of the problem.

Rand Paul playing Cassandra I see.

I hate to agree with THAT asshole... but I do.

Moreover, the real tragedy is the long term harm it will cause to real people.

Oh please, you say this now, but you’ll still blame Dems and the idiots in the cult will buy it. There are entire states in this country that repeatedly vote for the people causing them pain. It’s sick.

Sadly that jerk off doesn't know his ass from a hole in the ground. The cultists will not believe reality. They will believe the lie tRump and Fox "News" give them. Democrats need to learn that the world has changed in the past 16 years. America no longer cares about morality or truth. ☹️

He’s cute. He speaks as if Republicans ever question their masters.

Never interrupt your opponent when they are making a mistake. Unless that mistake will disproportionally kill vulnerable people on your side, turn ICE into a rogue national surveillance and police force, and transfer a trillion dollars in wealth from the working class to billionaires.

How much of the debt you til now has been accrued on your watch, Rand? Now you care?

If Rand Paul really believes Republicans won’t keep blaming Democrats and Pres Biden, I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell him. But, on the other hand, I hope he’s right.

He's only concerned with the repugs being voted out in droves IF there's any more elections

Nah, they will still blame Democrats when their red state constituents start coming after them with pitchforks when the *reality* of this bill hits home.

Don’t worry, Rand, the GOP has made plenty of mistakes that the Dems had to fix. Democrats: the party that Gets Things Done.

They don't care. They are counting on Trump's coup to end real elections.

between Fetterman and Rand Paul, I'm just so confused...

They don't have to vote for this shit. Wtf man. 🙄

Why is everything tied Robbie you can Avery responsibility? That right there tells you our government on all sides is corrupt and not even trying to work for the people it is there to serve and who are paying their salaries and benefits.

Too little too late, you POS!

Good. Now it’s clear, not Biden’s fault. But if you know it’s wrong in your heart, then make it clear, and make sure it’s heard. These are Americans that are going to do the suffering. This is an amazing opportunity for you, to save Americans, from unnecessary hardships.

History tells us that the Dems are always having to come back into power to fix the Republicans greed, over spending and mismanagement of our country. TRUTH.

The world has truly turned upside down when I'm forced to agree with Rand Paul.

republicans don't care about debt - it's how they put money in their pockets. The next Democratic president will set it right by diligence & hard work and then the economy will be decimated again when the incompetent, inept republicans take over after fear mongering the idiotic republican voters.

Rand, Rand, Rand, have you never met the gop?

I personally think being a member of thw GOP is a mistake..

Yes, this may be the most fiscally irresponsible bill ever enacted.

So we are banking on correcting course with “free and fair elections” next time around, huh?

All of the eggs are in this basket.

Ahem

The pigs are flying

Don’t worry corporate and social media will find a way to pin it on democrats and both sides this.

The debt has been on Republicans since the first big tax cut by Reagan. It was then compounded by Bushjr's tax cuts, then again by Trump's prior cuts. The current debt is totally on Republicans. Americans have to know this.

Wait… RAND PAUL said that? Am I hallucinating? Maybe I need to call the eye doctor and check my glasses…

I have been hearing Republicans talk about the big mistakes they would be making by allowing something to pass or someone to be elected, but there are no consequences. Only more grift. Only more corruption. Only more capitulation.

They own all of it. May they actually suffer the consequences of their actions this time and for good. No one should vote for them ever again. Assuming we will still have elections….

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Nah, it is good for the left and not a mistake. Idiot GOP members fail to recognize the power of the people or how they will end up with the short end of the stick post-revolution. And Babylon fell. Karma, baby.

And the media will cover it as such this time??? hahaha that was funny if I do say so.

Unfortunately, the GOP have an inexhaustible capacity to lie, gaslight and continue to blame their opponents for their own deeds and downstream impacts. They know the American public has been continually dumbed down, especially with religious homeschooling, opt-outs and attacks on higher education.

As a Democrat, I endorse this statement.

Trump’s most insidious victory is making me side with Rand Paul. Multiple times. This has added three years of therapy bills

He is so awful. But, he is right & did the right thing by voting no. Unlike collins and murkowski and hawley & r johnson. They all suck. Let’s see what happens when people die.

Except they'll still say it's the Democrats.

In a world made of sense and logic, it would already be the case of that particular pair of concrete shoes already attached to Republicans.

They will spin it because the worst of this Bill's impacts won't be felt until well after the midterms; and it the Dems retake Congress, the media and right-wing schills will blame the people in power for the rural hosp closings and all the rest of the damage that will occur

That's what they want

Surreal is the buzzword these days. You want surreal? Surreal is having to go about all the usual daily activities that make up your life while watching in horror as a mob of wealthy and highly placed criminals attempt to burn the nation to the ground.

"Attempt to"? They've ALREADY done so much material damage that fixing it will take YEARS, if not decades...

Except they will absolutely still blame Democrats.

Missouri has had total capture of the house and senate for 20 years (a trifecta 12 of those years) and every election we get mailers telling us about how the Democrats in Jeff City are ruining everything

Yep! In a NY minute

The same way they took credit for all the Biden bills they voted against.

"Look at this money *I* got you for this new bridge!" - every Republican at a ribbon cutting who voted against the infrastructure bill

In the future, "I'm sorry Grandma lost her Medicaid and died, but the Democrats kept spending too much money, keep voting for me and I'll fix it."

The GOP was very successful starting decades ago in fooling voters into believing Democrats are "tax and spend liberals," which is the opposite of reality. MAGAs actually think TACO 1.0 had a better economy than Obama or Biden. You can't fix stupid.

No you can't fix stupid.

And their voters think they did it smdh

Does that mean he's changed his vote to a yes? They're all big talkers until they're not.

God I hate this guy. But for once he is speaking truth.

Big talk, Rand. You know the MSM won't be doing that.

Sure but they will somehow blame democrats for the debt. It’s the same vicious circle and propaganda they do every damn time.

Dollars to donuts the Trump GOP will contort the truth and blame it on Biden

He will cave and ultimately vote when it comes up for a final vote

But, if the markets rise, wages rise, more people get health care, fewer people go hungry, prescription prices go down, cats and dogs dance together in the streets, housing becomes more affordable, and joy spreads through the land.... Nah, none of that's gonna happen if this bill passes.

Ok..one Republican that is demonstrating he has actually read the bill..too bad it's just Rand ..and even if the others that are voting for this budget bill have read it they are willfully ignoring the damages it causes which speaks volumes..

And watch them all vote for it

We all know this about them already. The problem is that the MAGA crowd doesn’t know. They think Trump is a financial wizard playing 4D chess. I have a client who really believes that the bill is only cutting “illegals” off of Medicaid. He relies on Medicaid, but thinks he’s safe.

I wish this to be true. But the brainwashing plus spin is a terminal disease.

If you do the math it has always been the Republican dept. Piss off Rand with your hand wringing, you tea party fraud

I hate it when I agree with Rand Paul.

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So he votes for it anyway. No wonder he is a failed physician and failed human

Hallelujah to Senator Rand Paul! I don't believe that I have written this.

Miracles never cease.

They already own the deficit increases. They also own the media that refers to them as "fiscal conservatives, deficit hawks, etc." It drives me nuts that people with not long left for example McConnell, Grassley, etc. are passing this poison to future generations.

Can’t believe this is coming from Rand Paul’s mouth. His term is not up soon, so that can’t be the reason.

Per usual, Rand is underestimating the infinite amount of hypocrisy the far right is able to generate: of course they’ll blame the Democrats for the exploding national debt

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She doesn't care what anybody but Alaskans think about her.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣silly boy! The Rs will scream (including rand) that the Ds are irresponsible and they create deficits & burdening debt and faux news will broadcast it ad nauseum and maga will inhale it like air and regurgitate it daily because IT'S A F*CKING CULT

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Technically, it’s always been the republicans, they just get away with blaming us because their base is stupid af. Will probably still work blaming us because your constituents aren’t getting any smarter.

They'll still blame the Democrats and the cult will believe them.

It will be owned by the next generations.

Of course they will continue to say it’s the Democrats fault. Has Rand not paying attention?

Yes it’s true. Republicans always raise the debt 💸

I so rarely agree with any member of the GOP but, frankly, I don't care how afraid you are of Trump - this bill will devastate your own state. What kind of idiot would vote for it? Oh...right.

Yes, they do. But they don't care, as long as they get their perks. Shameful. And for me to even think about agreeing with Paul - we must be in another universe.

Except, they phased out Medicare coverage for 2034. So when the poor people feel it, they won’t remember who did it.

this is a fallacy, the Republicans have owned the deficit forever but what they will own now and forever is the tyrannical cruelty toward the elderly and poor that will cause unnecessary suffering and death. Simply the Republicans are at war with America

Never thought I’d be agreeing with this joker. 🃏

Never expected to agree with Rand Paul.

Maybe be concerned about the insane amount of damage the budget will do and not the optics for your party, Rand.

And how is Rand Paul voting?

This is a great talking point but that’s all it is. It will soon be forgotten in the next battle. There’s always more lies, damned lies and spin to look forward to.

The GOP already owns the failures of the first Trump administration, and those numbers are luridly catastrophic. They don't give a shit what this will do, because they don't believe there will ever be any more elections. At least, not fair ones.

Earth is burning Money is paper

Wait, HE made sense?? Mark it down!

Every time I agree with Rand Paul, I sick up in my mouth a little. 🤢

If Trump announced he had reached an agreement to sell all the assets and resources of the US government to Russia and China, Congressional Republicans would praise him for his wisdom and hard work and say “Should we take a vote on this? That would be unnecessary!”

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Time to destroy the GOP at the Midterms in 2026.

I’ll take “things that will never happen” for 200.

The problem is we won’t get to vote anymore. They canceled an election in Florida. They said instead of 2025 it will happen in 2026!? Pardon? Why is that a thing? Because it will happen nation wide next year. People need to wake up!!! Why else would they pass it? They know we won’t vote them out

In this case Rand has it exactly right. We need to prove him right in 2026/2028.

It's cute that you think we can afford to wait that long, and that the Trump administration won't attempt to "postpone" or otherwise interfere with elections.

He's wrong, MAGA will blame Democrats and the MSM will agree.

Please don’t make me agree with Rand Paul

It's always the Republicans, then the Democrats fix it a little, then the Republicans say Democrats want to tax and spend, then Republicans run up the debt again...

The amazing thing is that Sen Paul does not even consider for a nanosecond second the possibility of raising taxes on the wealthy who could afford it. He's an idiot.

It will be owned by the GOP, but they'll blame Dems and the cult and MSM will go along with it.

Repubs will just say the Democrats made us do it

It's always been the GOP

He must have missed Trump's first term and the 8 trillion added to the debt.

💯 #BlameRepublicans

The Republicunts have always increased the debt through their endless wars and tax cuts. The last time we had a balanced budget was under a Democrat. Republicunts never own it!

He isn't wrong. However, the GOP will find a way using their media ecosystem to hang the fallout on the Dems. A cross-section of the electorate will fall for it.

It's always been owned by the gop they'll just lie about it

Ya think? Talk sense into your colleagues. This new excuse of “we are afraid for our lives to vote no-sigh-I guess we need to get on board with killing millions of OTHER people then” is a really tired old rag. You people should be ashamed when cowardice is used as your excuse

Here's to freedom to make bad decisions, while it lasts. 🙄

The Republicans own every hurtful , harmful, unconstitutional,cruel thing that is being done to this Country 🇺🇸 When Trump/Miller/Musk are gone. The American People will remember 💪🏼

I hope the mistake is fatal.

As if they ever fessed up to it. They created all these deficits, and Faux News cultists still have them as "best for economy" and "budget". Why shouldn't they continue with that?

The GOP has always run deficits. This time they can’t project it onto Democrats.

It is always the Republicans who increase the debt… Always. And then blames Democrats.

Oh, count on some MAGAt talking head saying, “…but…but…but Biden made us do it…” when the chickens come home to roost.

That fucker will blame it on Dems as soon as it passes.

No doubt!

But then their orange messiah will speak and they’ll repeat his lies until their cult believes them.

They only care about the deficit when democrats are in control.

Has anyone realised that it being undeniable for maga and republicans that it was their bill that destroyed the economy also means that they are not planning on any further free and fair elections? Knock knock knock, any think person in there?

Of which he was one of the most vocal FOR this! Mind changed but not representation is a mute point!🤨😡

He didn't say the bill was bad for the people, just the gop

Words don't matter when there exists a concerted effort by this admin's following of P25's manifesto, which has in mind to dismantle the democratic party. They don't want liberals in their plan. If R's blow the debt up, it will def be on them, because liberals are the one's that fix their messes.

That happens every time Republicans come in

So he doesn't want it to pass because it will hurt people. He *knows* it will hurt people and he doesn't want it to pass because they won't be able to blame Democrats for it.