A Whole Bunch Of People Are VERY Mad At Rand Paul

As I mentioned about a week ago (Longer? Shorter? Who knows… time is warped this time of year.) the Weekly Standard is shutting down.

Trump, who was regularly and brutally criticized by the publication, took no issue with it.

…and people took issue with that.

A bunch of smart, hard-working conservative journalists are now looking for work just before Christmas, and this is the president’s response: https://t.co/z2vAZeVWke

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) December 15, 2018

Rand Paul stepped it up a notch:

Good riddance to the fake conservatives and warmongers.https://t.co/lkGNWliDGr

— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 18, 2018

ALRIGHTY THEN.

Tell us how you REALLY feel, Rand!

Welp… people are pretty miffed. (That’s an understatement.)

👎

— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) December 18, 2018

I see you’ve been reading your dad’s newsletters again

— Kilgore Trout (@KT_So_It_Goes) December 18, 2018

Dude, you’re garbage. How did anyone ever think you weren’t garbage.

— BigCrimeHat (@Popehat) December 18, 2018

Well, um… this is escalating.

ha, wrong side of history man. how’s that remaking the Middle East going? just a couple more ears might’ve done it eh?

— Patrick Phillips (@CauseEffectPost) December 18, 2018

DAAAAMN, ok. Officially escalated.

Wow! So sorry ever to have entertained the idea of you!

— Jana Allen (@JanaWill33) December 18, 2018

Disappointed to see this from a Senator that I have great respect for

— Chris Mauldin (@MauldinAg10) December 18, 2018

I say this as someone who was legitimately happy to see you elected to the Senate originally: Screw you, Senator. Huge disappointment. One can disagree with policy and not deem your opponents "fake" and "warmongers" but I guess that isn't true of those who have been Trumpified.

— WeNamedTheDogScott! (@NamedDogScott) December 18, 2018

What are you doing, Rand? 🤦🏻‍♂️

— Matt Jenson (@YesItIsMatt) December 18, 2018

Senator, you’re always honest, often insightful — and once every couple of weeks, completely bat-guano crazy. Like with this tweet celebrating the demise of a good magazine.

— Al Copersino (@acopersi) December 18, 2018

Of course… not everyone agrees with this assessment:

If #tws actually was a good magazine, it would still be around. People voted with their wallets because they didn’t want to subsidize their warmongering neoconservative#TrumpDerangementSyndrome anymore.

— HRM Queen Boof 🍻 (@GingerRepublic) December 18, 2018

Thoughts?