Rand Paul: Krauthammer Is Right, GOP Should Not Shut Down Gov’t

Rand Paul: Krauthammer Is Right, GOP Should Not Shut Down Government And Wait To Act Until January (RealClearPolitics)

MEGYN KELLY: With respect to immigration, there's now a discussion within the GOP as to how to handle what the president has done. Forget his reversal, his clear reversal on what he said two dozen times. The fact is he's now done it. So what is the GOP going to do about it? People are outraged. Some people are talking about defunding, at least parts of the budget request and so on. Here's what Charles Krauthammer said on Special Report yesterday. 

KRAUTHAMMER: I understand the pent up anger and the rage over the president's unconstitutional action, but the cure for that is to go see a psychiatrist not to vote in the Congress and shut down the government... the Republicans are ahead, they shouldn't blow it.

KELLY: What do you think?

SEN. RAND PAUL: Well you know, Charles is a fellow physician and a psychiatrist. I hesitate to argue against Charles. But I think Charles is right on this. I think shutting down the government won't do any good. We don't have the power until January comes. In January, though, we have the power to write all of the appropriations bills and to, in minute detail, tell the president how the money is to be spent. So we have a great deal of power beginning in January, and we should use all of that, but we shouldn't use it to shut down the government in December. I don't think that will help anybody.