Rand Paul responds to ISIS speech, Hannity not pleased

Senator Paul (mostly) wouldn’t take the neocon bait from Sean Hannity tonight during his guest appearance and response to the president’s speech. Hannity didn’t enjoy hearing about how removing secular dictators created a vacuum that allowed ISIS to arise. Senator Paul stuck to his guns and repeated his point. But then, Hannity pulled out the big guns–a quote from George Bush! Shock and Awe, baby!

The takeaway quote was probably at the end with Rand Paul declaring that any action would be unconstitutional without approval from Congress. It’s good to see more conventional conservatives following Sen. Paul’s lead on that point.

YES. @SenRandPaul: bypassing Congress is unconstl. He’s right. Congress shd have to vote &tell us how we’re paying for this. #NewWar

— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) September 11, 2014

 

Further reading on reasons America should think twice before using conventional military means against ISIS.