Outrage of the Day: #StandwithRand
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) is seen on a TV monitor participating in a filibuster on the Senate floor as Politco reporter Tim Mak works on his story at the Senate Press Gallery March 6, 2013 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Paul was filibustering the Senate to oppose the nomination of John Brennan to be the next director of CIA.
Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky took to the Senate floor just before noon on Wednesday to slow down the confirmation of John Brennan as CIA director.
“I will speak as long as it takes, until the alarm is sounded from coast to coast that our Constitution is important, that your rights to trial by jury are precious, that no American should be killed by a drone on American soil without first being charged with a crime, without first being found to be guilty by a court,” Paul said, according to Bloomberg.
Mr. Paul did exactly as promised — holding court for a very respectable 12 hours and 52 minutes, according to the New York Times.
And while in the end, he was surrounded by a small group of Republican senators and House members who had joined him in a show of solidarity — many in Twitter-verse stood by Sen. Paul as well.
Below is a collection of comments from several of Sen. Paul's most fervent (and twitter-savvy) supporters who rallied behind the rhyming refrain, #StandwithRand:
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