Donald Trump's chickens are coming home to roost with recent attempts to remove him from the ballot, GOP Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky said on Saturday.
Paul, who has been a staunch Trump defender after initially being critical, opened up about the former president in a holiday-inspired post. The post wasn't about Christmas or Hanukkah, however; it was about Festivus, inspired by a Seinfeld storyline.
"It's that time of year again. Happy #Festivus! I've got a lot of problems with you people! And now, you're gonna hear about it," Paul said at the beginning of the long write-up. The post first delves into some things he's grateful for, including the booting of Kevin McCarthy from the House speakership.
"My main grievances are of course with Congress. But I want to start with someone nice and positive. So I wish my fondest farewell to former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who has been run out of town for being too much of a swampy establishment critter even for Congressional leadership," the senator wrote, adding his support for the new speaker, Rep. Mike Johnson.
"The Gang who voted to vacate the chair also has my Holiday Greetings. I’m sure I’ll be roasting the new speaker by next Christmas but he did something no one else has done in my time here — insisted foreign aid be PAID for, something I’ve always advocated for. So cheers to that."
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However, Paul wasn't so kind to Sen. Josh Hawley, a fellow Republican.
"I wanted to make sure [Hawley] knows that he can’t ban [X] if he doesn’t like my tweets today, just in case he was getting any ideas," Paul said Saturday. "Did you see his many failed attempts to ban TikTok? I feel like he’s kinda like the people who try to hide their cigarettes from themselves. It’s not gonna work Senator, we all know you’re watching dance videos all day long. The CCP told us all about it, your secret is out."
After roasting some of the GOP presidential candidates, Paul turned to Trump himself.
"So when was anyone going to tell me that there was another member of the Cheney family? People complain about the fact that Nikki Haley doesn’t use the name given to her at birth, but I didn’t know she was trying to hide her full neocon pedigree all these years," he said. "Speaking of birth certificates, who is going to tell President Trump that trying to kick people off the ballot for spurious reasons sometimes comes back to bite you in the rear…"
The comments from Paul's followers were mixed, with some agreeing and others rushing to Trump's defense.