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Rand Paul Talks Like A Democrat – Rips Army Anniversary Parade In D.C.

Charlie Kirk Staff

06/15/2025

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Rand Paul Talks Like A Democrat – Rips Army Anniversary Parade In D.C.

Minnesota Republican Sen. Rand Paul is quickly starting to sound more like former anti-Trump Rep. Liz Cheney than a man who used to be a close ally of President Donald Trump.

The senator has had, what he has said are, principled issues with the president’s “One, Big Beautiful Bill,” but now he has taken a swipe at the president over the Army’s 250th birthday parade, which has been a talking point for the Democrats.

“I just never liked the idea of the parade because I grew up in the ’70s and ’80s and the only parades I can remember are Soviet parades for the most part or North Korean parades,” he said, taking a page out of the Democrat playbook by comparing the parade to those of dictators.

“And the parades I remember from our history were different. You know, everybody remembers that famous scene of the soldier, you know, dipping the girl and kissing the girl in New York in a ticker tape parade. But we were rejoicing the end of war, and we were rejoicing our soldiers coming home. And that absolutely ought to be commemorated and discussed every year, Memorial Day, Veterans Day. But we never glorified weapons so much,” he said on the NBC Sunday News show “Meet The Press.”

The senator said that he believes the president “means well,” but he was also concerned about the cost of the parade.

“And then there is the cost,” he said. “I mean, we’re $2 trillion in the hole and just, an additional cost like this, I’m not for it.”

But the senator did give the president a glimmer of optimism as he said he is “not an absolute no” on Trump’s signature legislation.

“I talked to the President last evening after the parade, and we’re trying to get to a better place in our conversations,” the senator said. “And I’ve let him know that I’m not an absolute no.”

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Charlie Kirk is the Founder and President of Turning Point USA, a national student movement dedicated to empowering young people to promote the principles of free markets and limited government.

Charlie is also the host of “The Charlie Kirk Show” podcast, which regularly ranks among the top-10 news shows on Apple podcast news charts, and is the host of the nationally syndicated daily radio show on the Salem Radio Network live from 12 - 3 PM ET.
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