Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul tore into Vice President JD Vance’s defense of the U.S. military’s strike on an alleged drug vessel leaving Venezuela.
And he cited a long-loved literary classic to prove his point.
“JD “I don’t give a shit” Vance says killing people he accuses of a crime is the “highest and best use of the military.” Did he ever read To Kill a Mockingbird?” Paul wrote on X on Saturday night. “Did he ever wonder what might happen if the accused were immediately executed without trial or representation??”
Paul was referencing Harper Lee’s widely read 1960 novel, the source of a classic 1962 film.
The strike, ordered by the White House and…
Read the full article at POLITICO.COM
