
Rand Paul's convenient U-turn on protests
CNN
With his vocal stance against Covid-19 restrictions, Sen. Rand Paul's support of the Canadian trucker protests isn't surprising -- but his sudden encouragement of civil disobedience is hypocritical politics at its best as he apparently roots for a protest that could cause higher inflation and harm his political opponents alongside everyday Americans, writes Dean Obeidallah.
With his vocal stance against Covid-19 restrictions, Paul's support of the cause isn't surprising. But his sudden encouragement of civil disobedience is hypocritical politics at its best as he apparently roots for a protest that could cause higher inflation, harming his political opponents alongside everyday Americans.

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