Rand Paul: I Am Not Voting for $5T Debt Increase to See if Republicans Will Keep Their Promises

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PAUL: "Yeah, I have offered a compromise, and the compromise I offered was in the form of an amendment recently and I’d give them three months. And everybody says, oh, it’s not long enough. Well, the whole purpose is, is to make them come back in three months and say, 'What have you done for the spending?' Show me where you’ve cut spending. Because in three months' time we’ll be rolling up on the deadline and they will be presenting more spending again. So in three months — and three months is a lot of money, Stuart. It’s $500 billion for three months. I’d do it for three months, I wouldn’t default, I'd do it for three months and say, 'Show me now what you’ve done,' because the history of this town is people making false promises. In fact, everybody in leadership on the Republican side says, 'Oh, wait until after the 2026 elections. We just need one more election.' Do you remember when they said that about ObamaCare, 'Elect us and we’ll get rid of ObamaCare?' They flailed away and never did it- It's the same way with spending cuts. They say wait until 2026 or 2027 and we’ll have spending cuts. I’m not waiting and I’m not voting for 5 trillion in debt to see if they will keep their promises."