'It's Sort Of A Laundering Scheme': Rand Paul Sounds Off On Claim Ukraine Funding Being Spent In US
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- In Senate floor remarks before the Congressional recess, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) slammed the foreign aid bill that would send tens of billions of dollars to Ukraine's effort to combat Russia.
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I got a laundering scheme for ya"...how about give that money, $95B, back to WE THE PEOPLE!
Agree in theory, but they haven't actually taken the money from us til they borrow for it, even then it's like a mirage.
And not just cherry pick specific groups. All of us... if we paid in, we get it back.
It,s gone folks into the deep pockets of MIC.
Amen! And not to illegal immigrants either
It is outrageous that there is no oversight for this money going to Ukraine.
You have no idea. Ukraine doesn't audit this money either. So many people making millions off of it.
Oversight of it hitting zelenskys bank account and some ending up back here somehow in democrats bank accounts. I'm sure they wouldn't fight so hard for it otherswise
Single subject bills are needed.
Originally the members of the Senate were assigned by the states . And if those members didn't look out for the interest of the state , they were recalled and replaced ... it is necessary to go back to this .
Mitch needs to go, he has sold out our country and he needs to take the Senators like MItt with him.
Not only him a couple of other ones need to go to Chuck Schumer need to go James Clyburn need to go Chuck Grassley need to go a lot of those old dinosaurs need to leave because they are holding back the country for progress
Find out how Mitch gets his money.
They should post the votes of these senators that way know who just talks it’s like theater I’m with Rand Paul he should be the majority leader period!!!
Scummer and Cornyn. Grassley is harmless enough.
@@rolandsmith4394 yeah Ukraine first America last Grassley Kennedy you know all those so called patriots
Thank you Senator Paul for having the courage to speak up for the American people.
Rand Paul would have been a Tory in 1776.
I'm guessing that "one person" is Good Ole Mitch.
Can't they vote him out as "leader"
Al real Traitor 😂
@@patriciawitt8174There is talk of removing him as speaker
Why did it take so long to post this Forbes, thank you Senator Paul
Paying taxes and expecting the politicians to spend it wisely is like giving $100,000 to a 6 year old and expecting the same. 😢
At least you could track what the 6 year old spent it on.
Unfortunately, you are correct!!! The politicians are infinitely more DANGEROUS!!!
Respect to Rand Paul for talking logic more often than not!
Put this man in charge of the Senate.
Yes 👍
Rarely mentions the 100+ billion given to Israel. All hypocrits bought by lobbyist.
Trump wants them to do nothing ,
Doesn't matter if he is in Charge, we need SUPER MAJORITY numbers. We can't even win simple majority. Sad state of affairs. The country will get much worse before it gets better. Need to oust Schumer, Pelosi, and the other trash Senators from the left (and right).
Heck, YES‼️
Americans need to hear this. Thank you Sen Paul
Yes if the other news agencies weren't censoring Americans...
Haha you believe this Fraud!
Putin has paid him enough!
PAUL 2028.
Sending money abroad is the BEST WAY for US politicians to commit corruption ! Harder to get caught...and easier to launder !
That’s a solid point
Especially the most corrupt country in Europe
Exactly what they are doing!
They've been doing it with Israel for many years now. Bring this up and you'll be called names. But it has nothing to do with Israel or its security and everything to do with funneling taxpayer money to corporations and getting kickbacks in Congress. If anything, our meddling has made Israel less secure because we try to play both sides. But nobody who benefits from this gravy train wants to see it end.
Promises were made n backs were scratched long b4 the actual laundering. I hope their new yachts n mansions comfort them thru The Purge.
It's absolutely sad that it seems like Mr. Paul is the only one speaking up and about this. We need more than just him.
Chip Roy , Josh Hawley and a few others are too
Any senator that sends money overseas when our country is trashed from everything from Borders, infrastructure, education, illegal immigration and birth right citizenship, and energy needs to be primaried and voted out! This is criminal.. Not one cent to other countries in aid or protection until our nation ALL OF IT IS FIXED!!
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏✌️👍 and Live The World in Peace .
I agree
Do we want the war here.??? Putin plans this. Rather it over the waters than here. If Putin wins in Ukraine , it will be coming our way. Un has paid their Money, maybe Citizen trumpf should pay his own bills.
@@Sam-oo6wylaughing at your own absurdity. once it supposedly becomes OURS sending it to ukraine is sending it BACK overseas
@@Sam-oo6wychina would have to send it directly to the ukraine for it to be not overseas
The border shouldn't have any kind of deal. It's in our Constitution to protect our country from invasion.
Thank you Rand Paul.
The bill should be to hold those accountable for not securing our border to include the puppet in the white house.
It's the #1 thing required by all elected officials once they take any oath of office. PROTECT ALL U.S. CITIZENS from both foreign and domestic threats.
Very few in Congress pay attention to the Constitution.
Constitution doesn't matter when the Congress has been invaded and corrupted, also when the citizens cower in the corner.
The Constitution means nothing nowadays. The Constitution is just a document with no power unless the bodies defined by the Constitution uphold the Constitution. When a politician takes an oath to defend and to protect the constitution, and then does not do it with impunity, the rule of law dies with the country. The problem in the US today is that a government of the people and for the people exists in name only. The actual government is one of and for the rich donors, not the people nor for the people. We accuse Russia of having such a system of government. That was the case after the fall of the USSR until Putin came to power and began putting the oligarchs in their proper place. This is the reason why the rich donors in the west can't stand Putin; they even forced a war in Ukraine to weaken Putin while at the same time enriching themselves through war at the expense of the people. There's something terribly depraved when a government, controlled by the rich donors, is more focused on a war overseas than protecting its own borders. This is not Biden doing this; it's his rich, corrupt donors. It's high time that the rich donors in the US are being put in in their proper place. Putin had to become an autocrat in order to do that. Was that a bad thing? It was indeed a bad move for the oligarchs but not for the Russian people who support Putin today even more despite the war in Ukraine, but the western media, controlled by the same rich donors, want you to believe that life in Russia is much worse than it really is. In short, to same America, the rich donors influence must be rooted out of politics, as money and greed are the root cause of evil. The US will be involved in continuous wars, unless the rich donors influence is cut out of political decisions. The rich donors are afraid of Trump, because they are afraid that Trump will not follow their orders. JFK tried to put the rich donors in their place but ended paying with his life.
Don't let up on this . America needs to fix more infrastructure all over the country.
100 percent agree. No more money support of WAR ...NEVER AGAIN!!!
Yes, yes and yes Rand! No more money to pay off Ukraine.
So glad there's at least one fiscally responsible Republican.
Russia is imprisoning Americans on weak charges and you want to support them. Pathetic
Yeah great but what are they doing? Nothing!
Thats becasue he's actually a Libertarian... but Libertarians dont win elections... sooo
At the end of the day he's just following the script. Just like his father, Chip Conroy, and Trey Gowdy...
He ain't no Republican he is a libertarian
I'm glad at least somebody is bringing these seemingly obvious points up
It’s refreshing to listen to someone truthful and honest.
Rand Paul , one of only a few politicians that speak the truth and truly loves our country and her people .
Absolutely, his father was a great statesman also.
Isn't he the guy who to decked by his neighbor?
Kinda shows you that anyone who actually knows him feel about him
@@linusa2996
Yes because we know his neighbour is an upstanding guy HOW?
You win the prize for the stupidest comment today
@@linusa2996going to need more details, his neighbor punching him doesn’t change my opinion
He is speaking to your ignorance - that is why it sounds like "truth" to you
Big time money laundering!
But they want to be allowed more authority to look into everything we own
@@demonweinsshadowand UFOs to launder more.
Yup why assange is in jail, not for lying but for telling what they're doing with us tax dollars
When does this madness end
When we wake up in heaven
Never
When the whole liberal biden regime Dems are gone from ALL political offices PERMANENTLY !! Trump will then have a LOT of real deep doo-doo swamp cleaning to do in 2024, when all the dirt is gone.
I concur with him wholeheartedly. No more $$ to Ukraine
You stick to it Senator. Stand your ground.
I don’t always agree with Rand Paul but I agree with him on this…Europe should be funding Ukraine not America..
In fact no one should be funding this corrupt failed war. Ukraine has to surrender.
Let the Politicians finance it from their own pockets.
BIDEN SENDS MONEY TO UKRAINE SO HE CAN GET HIS 10% BACK IN HIS BANK ACCOUNTS
How does the money being funneled to our weapons manufacturers benefit Bidenomics on wall street? What would Bidenomics look like with out the war money to our weapons manufacturers?
EU is just vassal. All is cooked in US under supervision of globalists.
One of the Greatest Senator in my life. A Strong Constitutionalist and a real fighter for WE The PEOPLE.
We call it corruption!
Senator Paul has always been a good man.... 🇺🇸🤙
Physicians Creed: " Do no harm"!
Name the RINO traitors.
Thank you Senator!
We the people are smarter than anyone in Washington! There’s just a few like Rand Paul who voice and tell it how it is!
Is it smarter or just less greedy? 🤷
I really think we Americans need to protest this insanity in every city in the country
i claimed exempt on my taxes already on my w-4, citizens shouldn’t be scared of their government.
This is the best man we've had in Congress since his father to whom I am grateful for writing the foreword to my first book. Regarding his statement about most corrupt countries, I *_guarantee_* our legal system is in the top 10% most corrupt.
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Most Americans are sick of and sickened by war.
What we really need is for his father, former Texas congressman RON PAUL to be elected president. He would end the Federal Reserve Act. That is the root of all of our other problems.
The republican politicians and the republican base have absolutely NO interest in a government that follows the constitution.
Oh yeah,
Ron Paul is my president.
Ask the working class how much they want spent over seas
Every news outlet should broadcast this, but nobody in the mainstream will ever hear it. Sad.
Forbes is pretty mainstream, I'm all the way in South Africa... And just as pleasantly surprised by this clip.
In italy either
Damn fine day for some truth tellin. Thank you Senator Paul!
It's a shame that Rand Paul's rebuttal isn't going to have any effect on the spend-happy idiots in the House and Senate.
He may as well be screaming at a cement block wall.
emptyseats-how is it elected don't show up for work?
Everybody in government needs to state what their stockport folio looks like
RESPECT 4 Rand Paul!! Thanks for the truth bombs!! Love…. the most principled legendary politician ever.
We've invested 120B so far and have 500,000 dead as a result of our involvement along with a vow to continue for as long as it takes to get to an unreachable objective. That works out to about $240,000 per corpse. So far.
Now imagine that some group of politicians and their advisors in a country thousands of miles away from our shores decided that it is good for business to spend a similar amount to cause the premature death of yourself or any of your loved ones.
Would you applaud their actions as wise decisions or would you view them as corrupt sociopaths?
Why then should we elect and re-elect representatives within our own country who by their own actions clearly display all the characteristics, motivations, and morality that one might reasonably expect of a bunch of corrupt sociopaths?
The country causing deaths in Ukraine is *Russia*. So take it up with Putin.
Why are the chairs always empty? Are these people not supposed to be there and work? Strange…
Thank God for Rand Paul.
We need a privately run auditor of the government.
How can these politicians think we would be OK with no one seeing that the money was spent correct?
So no accountability, no transparency, well? AUDIT!!!
Rand ❤ thank you
Three cheers for Rand Paul!
NC Senator TOM TILLIS (RINO) voted to send the $95B. In a mass email he said, "I will not apologize". Pass the word.
Every republican that voted to give Ukrainian money should be voted out of office. This is not what the American people want , it’s what they want. So people of America remember it when it’s time to vote again. They don’t represent you but themselves.
Amen
Your government gave security guarantees to Ukraine when they gave away their nukes. So what's your alternative? Send in your troops?
Blocking is what Poutine the Great wants, which seems to be the r MO lately.
Well said sir rinos out
Money laundering and auditing/scrutiny don't work together. It's either one or another.
Never use to be a fan of him.. but through Covid and still today he has been crushing it .. need more like him
Everyone here should read “War is a Racket” by General Smedley Butler.
Dito...Thank you Senator Paul for having the courage to speak up for the American people.
Thank you senator Paul!
AS A AN AMERICAN I DONT WANT ONE MORE PENNY SENT TO HELP ANOTHER COUNTRY, ESPECIALLY UKRAINE BECAUSE AMERICA NEEDS HELP!
IGNORANT !!
@@suzesunshine1what is ignorant about that stamtement
You're absolutely right! As someone who has followed the Ukraine saga 10 years I promise you the BS bogeyman stories You're being fed about Russia taking over Europe are totally false and that the currently contested areas of Ukraine want to go to Russia so let this war end!
Agreed!!!
" We the people's" $$ for LEGAL US CITIZENS CAUSES ONLY!!
Giving USA funds to foreign countries and NOT to the basic needs of our citizens is soooo wrong and stupid!!
Eisenhower warned us about the military industrial complex.
I support Rand Paul! Thank you sir!
GOD BLESS YOU MR PAUL.......AMERICA LOVES YOU AND STANDING WITH YOU.........ALWAYS
113B !!! Wtf!!! For what??
One of my favorite senators
You can help your own people instead. Come on. This is absurd. Hundreds of billions sent overseas does not help a single American. This country is a joke.
War is a racket, Smedley Butler
I believe in protecting family first! Close the door and lock it!!!
So true, yet sad.
Thank you Rabd!! Please keep up the fight!
Time to clean house.
You need to be fired and get OUT OF OUR CONGRESS!!!!!!!😅😮
I’ve been saying this since day 1
When politicians do not want money they send overseas accounted for you know said politicians (and/or their cohorts/sponsors) are benefitting from that money - back in the old country we used to call that "money laundering", or, as Joe calls it, "doing business"...
So grateful to this honorable man! Wish there were more of you!
The boarder is a priority not Ukraine.
Blackmail and money laundering
Thank God for Rand Paul ! He is the cleanest, smartest congressman in the US
Love you Senator Paul. I’ve become very concerned over senator Kennedy last votes lately, never thought he would vote like that 😡😳
Finally somebody speaks up. Thank you so much Sen. Paul.
Sen. Rand Paul. Would be a GREAT Vice President!!!!
LOVE Rand Paul !!!!! Stay strong sir !!!!!
Great job
THANK YOU RAND PAUL FOR BEING AND HAVING THE COURAGE TO SPEAK THE TRUTH.
Rand Paul voice is the voice of peace, honesty and truth. God bless you Sen. Paul.
Thank you for our service to the American people, Senator Paul.
Longtime I have seen a leader speaking coherently precisely and truthfully 🙏🏻
We need many more like him
Is just plain corruption going on in a big scale.😂😂😂
Stop the extortion of the American taxpayers.
Stop the killing, endorse Statesmanship & reality
100 % correct. We need to audit these crooks in us and ukraine
Rand Paul is one of very few politicians that actually cares about Americans. We desperately need politicians that represent Americans. Our country is in distress, wake up America!
The reason they don’t want anyone poking their nose into the money laundering. It’s an accepted that there will be skimming, but on this it’s so big .
10,000%👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾💥💥💥
Great speech.
This guy is a hero
NO MORE MONEY STOP KNOW
Epic Speech
Rand Paul is a national treasure.
What is wrong with enforcing the current laws on the books.?!
Yay Rand Paul!