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On the recordJune 11, 2025
They’re afraid of what I’m saying, so they think they’re going to punish me, I can’t go to the picnic, as if somehow that’s going to make me more conciliatory.
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Rand Paul
Republican · Kentucky

Editor's note · Context

Paul describes being uninvited as a punitive measure for his opposition to Trump.

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