‘Fund Iron Dome, not the Taliban,’ Rand Paul urges

Published October 6, 2021 3:43am ET



Sen. Rand Paul might be the only person in Congress who cares where U.S. taxpayers’ money goes.

In the Senate yesterday, while discussing the Iron Dome funding bill, Paul preached accountability and wanted to ensure taxpayer money is not being funneled to the Taliban in Afghanistan. Paul is doing yeoman’s work ensuring the U.S. funds the Iron Dome system, which defends civilians from terrorist attacks, while trying to prevent reckless Democratic spending leading to financing of the Taliban government. The United States should fund our allies, not our enemies.

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