Sen. Rand Paul isn’t afraid to take a stand for principle, even when it puts him at odds with the rest of his colleagues in Congress, and, yes, even when it’s going to piss a lot of people off online and stir up a Twitter mob.

The libertarian-leaning Kentucky Republican’s latest act of defiance came during Thursday afternoon’s vote on an $8 billion emergency funding aid package focused on responding to the outbreak of the coronavirus in the United States. Paul had proposed an amendment that would have offset this additional spending with cuts elsewhere, as to avoid adding even more onto the $23 trillion national debt and further burdening future generations.