President Donald Trump unleashed a blistering attack on Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) Monday, calling him a “sick Wacko” on Truth Social after Paul criticized Trump’s comments about “executing” Democratic lawmakers he labeled “traitors.”
Paul had appeared on CBS’s Face the Nation Sunday, warning that Trump’s rhetoric was “reckless, inappropriate, irresponsible” after the president targeted Democrats who released a video urging soldiers to disobey “illegal orders.”
“You know, everybody knows that the President is famous for his unfiltered social media,” Paul told Margaret Brennan. “But if you take it face value, the idea that calling your opponents traitors — and then specifically saying that it warrants the death penalty — is reckless, inappropriate, irresponsible. There are a number of other ways to describe it. But it’s not something that is helping the country heal wounds. I think it stirs things up.”
Trump did not hold back in his Monday post. “Whatever happened to ‘Senator’ Rand Paul? He was never great, but he went really BAD!” he wrote.
“I got him elected, TWICE (in the Great Commonwealth of Kentucky!), but he just never votes positively for the Republican Party. He’s a nasty liddle’ guy, much like ‘Congressman’ Thomas Massie, aka Rand Paul Jr., also of Kentucky (which I won three times, in massive landslides!), a sick Wacko, who refuses to vote for our great Republican Party, MAGA, or America First. It’s really weird!!!”
The feud comes as the Pentagon announced an investigation into Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ), one of the six Democrats behind the controversial video.
“The Department of War has received serious allegations of misconduct against Captain Mark Kelly, USN (Ret.),” the statement read. “In accordance with the Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 688, and other applicable regulations, a thorough review of these allegations has been initiated to determine further actions, which may include recall to active duty for court-martial proceedings or administrative measures.”
Kelly has vowed not to be intimidated by Trump’s administration, underscoring the escalating tension between the president and lawmakers across party lines.
