Sen. Paul aired grievances over a $2.3 million study injecting beagle puppies with cocaine, and a $3 million study that involved “watch[ing] hamsters fight on steroids.”
“Last Festivus, we lamented over the national debt reaching an astronomical $28.4 trillion. Shockingly, in one short year, the career politicians and bureaucrats in Washington have managed to breeze right past $30 trillion without a second thought,” Paul said in the report.Getty Images
“As always, the path to fiscal responsibility is often a lonely journey, but as I’ve done in years past, I will continue my fight against government waste this holiday season,” he added. Paul has embraced Christmas themes several times to make his fiscal-responsibility points this month, including a“On the 12th day of Christmas, the Biden Administration gave to me [the president’s chief medical advisor Dr. Anthony] Fauci’s December retirement… I’m not mad about this one. #12DaysOfChristmas,” he posted Thursday.
“This year, I am highlighting a whopping $482,276,543,907 of waste, including a steroid-induced hamster fight club…” Paul said.On Tuesday, he Tweeted a video of him reading a modified version of “The Night Before Christmas” that included the phrase: “No budget was found, just mischief and debt/While the taxpayers hung their poor heads and wept.”
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