
Rand Paul walks Trump tightrope as conservative contrarian
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- Reliability
55% ReliableAverage
- Policy Leaning
24% Somewhat Right
- Politician Portrayal
-31% Negative
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
89% : Still, Paul manages to remain in the good graces of Trump and the MAGA base.80% : Still, Paul determined it was time to offer Trump an endorsement last month, albeit a little late.
69% : "So today, admittedly a little tardy, I give Donald Trump my enthusiastic endorsement!
67% : "I'm very public and very consistent with my positions since I came here," Paul said.
53% : He's unwavering in his positions, forces doomed amendment votes that are bemoaned by colleagues, and engages in long floor speeches on fiscal responsibility and limited government.
50% : "All I do is take my positions," Paul told the Washington Examiner.
33% : Trump responded: "I never attacked him on his look, and believe me, there's plenty of subject matter there.
29% : His stature in the party starkly contrasts McConnell, the former longtime Senate GOP leader who's been further ostracized after opposing a string of Trump nominees.
23% : He also avoided the same ouster threat as Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), as Trump vowed to back his primary challenge after Massie was the lone House Republican to vote against the same government funding bill as Paul.
23% : " Paul's fiscal discipline could present a battle royale on reconciliation For Paul, being the anti-establishment antagonist runs in the family and is a lane he operates from most comfortably.
16% : " Paul, when asked whether he gave Senate leadership or the White House forewarning before he casts "nay" votes on Trump nominees or the government funding, suggested it was unnecessary.
13% : In one of the debates, Trump came out of the gate with an unprovoked attack asserting Paul "shouldn't even be on this stage" because of low poll numbers.
*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.