Kentucky senator and Republican presidential hopeful Rand Paul is known for filibustering, his libertarian-leaning views, and his annual celebration of Festivus by listing his grievances with politicians.
Festivus, the holiday started by George Costanza’s father Frank on “Seinfeld,” was created in response to the commercialism of Christmas and features an aluminum pole, feats of strength and the airing of grievances. While it’s unknown if Paul has replaced his family’s Christmas tree with a pole or will be doing any physical feats to make the day, he did air his grievances with his fellow politicians. (RELATED: Rand Paul Airs Government Waste Grievances)
Good morning and HAPPY #Festivus! I will be airing my grievances soon.
— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2015
"I've got a lot of problems with you people and now you're gonna hear about them!" #Festivus
— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2015
I have a lot of problems with Washington. With the government in general and Congress in particular. Those will come soon #Festivus
— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2015
But first, my fellow Presidential candidates get the #Festivus treatment!
— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2015
Where to start but @realDonaldTrump. If u bring the Yiddish, know what it means. Guess that's more of a kvetch than a grievance #Festivus
— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2015
After the debates, @realDonaldTrump always trying to give us parting gifts of his made in China ties. Weird. #Festivus
— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2015
My friend @tedcruz has still not pledged to issue exec order declaring Canadian "bacon" is not real bacon. Makes me suspicious. #Festivus
— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2015
I have no grievances against my fellow doc @RealBenCarson because I have not heard a word he has said in any debate. #Festivus
— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2015
I think I speak for all in NJ when I say @GovChristie I don't care how much $ u spend at Met Life, Cowboys fans should stay out. #Festivus
— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2015
to my absentee friend @marcorubio, I didn't put your $170k+ salary in my waste report today. But I could have #Festivus
— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2015
I hereby retract grievance I was going to air about @GrahamBlog today. Respect for the recently departed #EarlyFestivusPresent #Festivus
— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2015
to my comrade @SenSanders: Unless you're Santa Claus, Socialism runs out of other people's money #Festivus
— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2015
.@CarlyFiorina has ZERO trouble making it back from commercial breaks @HillaryClinton. Just saying. #Festivus #waronwomensrooms
— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2015
.@JebBush is always trying to change the debate rules to allow extra time for awkward pauses in answers. Not gonna happen. #Festivus
— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2015
Be back soon to take on Washington, waste, and any other topic that deserves grievances! Air yours too! #Festivus
— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2015
I'M BACK WITH MORE GRIEVANCES. This time I'm taking on waste and other ridiculousness in Washington. #Festivus #AiringofGrievances
— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2015
I've proposed multiple balanced budgets – most of my colleagues have voted no and aren't serious about shrinking government #Festivus
— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2015
What passes for serious in DC: budgets that take decades to "balance" in year 34 or so. It's y we need Balanced Budget Amend. & Term Limits
— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2015
Everyone wants to know where to start cutting. So I did a Wastebook & released it just in time for #Festivus. https://t.co/EASIHlsH9C
— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2015
Here are some of my favorite #Festivus government waste grievances. #AiringofGrievances
— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2015
Grievance: Permitted millionaires to live in federally-subsidized public housing (HUD) Cost: $104,000,000 #Festivus #AiringofGrievances
— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2015
Grievance: Established a made-for-TV professional cricket league in Afghanistan, where few homes have TVs Cost: $850,000 #Festivus
— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2015
Grievance: Paid for a study to figure out why Americans don’t want to use the metric system Cost: $188,000 #Festivus #AiringofGrievances
— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2015
Grievance: Paid for yoga classes for bureaucrats across the federal government Cost: $150,000 #Festivus #AiringofGrievances
— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2015
Grievance: Paid for children from Pakistan to travel to the U.S. to attend Space Camp and visit Dollywood Cost: $250,000 #Festivus
— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2015
Grievance: Simultaneously promoted tourism to the U.S. and tourism to Albania to the same audience Cost: $6,000,000 #Festivus
— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2015
Grievance: Failed to stop federally-paid medical care from being used in exotic vacation locales (USCG) Cost: $1,200,000 #Festivus
— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2015
Grievance: Studied emotions and how people feel about the decisions they make for themselves Cost: $175,950 #Festivus #AiringofGrievances
— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2015
Grievance: Researched the effectiveness of golf equipment in space (NASA) Cost: $15,000,000 #Festivus #AiringofGrievances
— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2015
Grievance: Failed to prevent substantial Medicare overpayments for sleep studies (HHS) Cost: $175,000,000 #Festivus #AiringofGrievances
— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2015
Read the entire #AiringofGrievances Wasterbook here: https://t.co/EASIHlsH9C It's a #Festivus collection of gov. waste worth shouting about!
— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2015
I have lots more to air later on. Until then I want to hear YOUR #Festivus grievances against Washington. Air them here! #AiringofGrievances
— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2015
I AM BACK with more grievances. #Festivus #AiringofGrievances pic.twitter.com/HJBAxSdnez
— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2015
.@GQMagazine today names @HillaryClinton the 5th worst person in the world. She should try harder next year. Aim for the top! #Festivus
— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2015
I promise not use any Yiddish while airing grievances at @HillaryClinton #Festivus #AiringofGrievances
— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2015
I have to take a moment to apologize to parents and children for something. #Festivus #AiringofGrievances
— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2015
Apparently when I fought to stop the NSA spying on every American, I accidentally banned Elf on the Shelf. Sorry about that kids. #Festivus
— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2015
Speaking of the NSA, I have too many grievances to list here. But that's ok, they've heard them all already anyway #SpyingOnUsAll #Festivus
— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2015
My other favorite agency, the Federal Reserve: Stop trying to hide. Your audit is coming! #AudittheFed #Festivus #AiringofGrievances
— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2015
Speaking of which, the first ever vote on my #AuditTheFed Bill is January 12th! We need everyone's help to pass this! #Festivus
— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2015
Can't forget @barackobama today. He gets 2 play WAY more golf than me & he doesn't have 2 go through TSA lines #Festivus #AiringofGrievances
— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2015
& to my friends at the TSA https://t.co/IVWliCxHNX #TouchingSqueezingAmerica (that should be Keep Your Hands to Yourself song) #Festivus
— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2015
I hope y'all had fun with my #Festivus #AiringofGrievances today. We should be able to laugh in this arena and deal with serious issues.
— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2015
If you didn't and you found my #Festivus tweets to be a microaggression, maybe twitter isn't your safe space #AiringofGrievances
— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2015
Seriously, #MerryChristmas & #HappyHolidays. My family & I will be celebrating Christmas and we hope you & your family enjoy the season.
— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2015
Paul’s tweets even won him a tweet from the Seinfeld TV Twitter account.
I am! Thank you, @SeinfeldTV https://t.co/Azq9SXbhuK
— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2015
And a Happy Festivus from fellow GOP hopeful Carly Fiorina.
Happy Festivus, @RandPaul. https://t.co/pDYVHbefZM
— Carly Fiorina (@CarlyFiorina) December 23, 2015
