Rand Paul deserves credit for questioning authority

The Washington Examiner's Christopher Tremoglie writes, "When presented with the facts, he might legitimately be one of the most competent officeholders we have.

Paul accused Dr. Anthony Fauci of mishandling the coronavirus pandemic and not being truthful about funding expenditures. Fauci and Paul have had multiple contentious exchanges during hearings in the Senate. Many Democrats and other left-wing pundits accused Paul of being ill-informed and wrong. Yet recent reports show that Paul was correct in his assessment of Fauci's honesty...

Sen. @RandPaul: "The guy the Biden administration droned: was he an aid worker or an ISIS-K operative?"

Sec. Blinken: "I don't know because we're reviewing it." Sen. Paul: "You'd think you'd kind of know before you off somebody with a predator drone." pic.twitter.com/kGWSuTySho — Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) September 14, 2021

Recently, Paul was questioning Secretary of State Antony Blinken over whether a U.S. drone strike killed an intended ISIS-K target or an innocent aid worker. Blinken was unable to confirm the identity of the target...

Whatever one’s opinion of Paul, he deserves credit in his efforts to find out the truth, even when lots of people just don't want to hear it. He is right to question authority and to question the public's overreliance on dishonest authorities for information."

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