Red Paul: The Senator from Kentucky is Now Working for Vladimir Putin

Rand Paul + Konstantin Kosachev = “engagement.” Photo by Sputnik.

Once upon a time, Rand Paul, the Republican senator from Kentucky, likened Donald Trump to a singularly loathsome and pathetic J.R.R. Tolkien character. “I have compared him to Gollum from Lord of the Rings,” he quipped on Comedy Central’s “The Nightly Show.” Gollum — the hideous, friendless creature who cares only for his precious ring and will allow the world to destroy itself to protect it. Sounds about right.

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