Rand Paul Filibuster Video in 3 Minutes: GOP Kentucky Senator's Extraordinary Near-13-Hour Debate

Kentucky senator cites former-Senator Strom Thurmond when learning that filibustering isn't as easy as it looks. For video of Sen. Rand Paul's comments on drones, click here: abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/...
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[@geekcast1]

Oh man the face of the senator next to him at the beginning is hilarious, you could just tell he's thinking all horrified "Oh crap..."

[@AgentOffice]

Probably his aide

[@unknownindividual1135]

It’s his aide

[@kelseybarton]

his facial expression looks like ted cruise, zodiac killer

[@anikaztravel8731]

Not this again 🙄🙄

[@itsArridian]

Sometimes I like to come back to this to remember the time a senator failed to eat a twix while talking for 13 hours straight.

[@santosvazquez8829]

He filibustered so hard, that the guy next to him went from yellow tie to green and back to yellow.

[@jaleesa8523]

you could literally recite the whole bible

[@jake3736]

You could recite a cooking book for all anyone cares

[@preacherzay]

Someone read the whole dictionary

[@jaleesa8523]

@@jake3736 lmao

[@jaleesa8523]

@@preacherzay what fr? LMAO

[@a.demifemiflapo5795]

@@iamsifo3610 YES YOU CAN SAY ANYTHING YOU WANT

[@safiagha8002]

so a senator can talk about his grandma's recipe on the Senate floor

[@sterbi9722]

Safi Agha Well as long as he doesn’t take any breaks while talking or break any other rules their good.

[@jeremyscungio16]

You can talk about anything as long as you keep talking

[@ebirds6760]

Ya gotta talk about the actual issue for at least three hours (I believe) before you can get on to the nonsense. As long as you take no breaks (no bathroom breaks either).

[@ChrisChoi123]

@@ebirds6760 can you talk about why akatsuki is the best waifu from log horizon if u go on long enough?

[@ebirds6760]

@@ChrisChoi123 probably

[@eIucidate]

Whoa, he actually started his speech off explicitly saying he's beginning a filibuster. I didn't know that was even a thing.

[@LouSipher]

Haven't you seen It's always sunny? Filibuster!

[@danielmitchell940]

I disagree with Rand Paul on economic issues, but I like how he impressively filibustered John Brennan's nomination. John Brennan oversaw mass surveillance and torture.

[@bertlammens4392]

@@survivor030406lol do you?

[@Horizon301.]

@@survivor030406 and he spied on congress. He and Comey are two people that damaged both agencies reputations with illegal, partisan actions. Very dangerous precedent set sadly

[@unchartedsteppes7138]

@@bertlammens4392 He's not in charge of handling immense national security issues.

[@iyoutubeperson4336]

@@bertlammens4392 i would expect the cia director to have more email security than some random person on youtube

[@HaloDude557]

Ok commie

[@sterbi9722]

This guy said that the limits to filibustering is that he needed a bathroom break, well the guy who had a 24 hour filibuster just used a bucket, get on his level kid

[@BenedictusFan]

Ha! Expressions of approval and disapproval are not allowed in the senate? You should see the House of Commons in the UK, old son

[@grzegorzcichosz8240]

BenedictusFan well they can’t clap, only say „eeeerrrrr” or just be loud

[@Law9652]

House of Lords is quite similar; which is the upper house and a more like comparison.

[@petersaint5581]

Imagine any US President in a question period, oh my days, they would be eaten alive.

[@greytooth898]

Echoing Teddy Graham, as the Senate is the upper house of Congress it tends to cling a bit more to tradition, and to have slightly stricter rules of etiquette.

[@TheHolyMongolEmpire]

how does one filibuster for so long? Strom Thurmond did it for like 24 hours straight. I cant hold a conversation for more than a few hours, let along talk without anyone else talking for 13 hours. Can you just read The Lord of the Rings if you want?

[@iain3713]

Yes

[@ywlwiffleball8888]

@ZrACKs ultRa You have to at least talk about the real issues for about 3 hours before you can start the nonsense

[@kman314wastaken]

24 hours and 18 minutes

[@firstnamelastname-uw6vq]

Hell, my throat gets sore after just speaking for 30 minutes, so I would've been voiceless after 12 hours, of course in the addition of having soaked underpants.

[@raiannamoonshine2276]

and standing the entire time too

[@fundude4566]

Good god did he really spit the chocolate 🍫 out when giving a freaking filibuster lmao 😂

[@spencerwattamaniuk950]

ANYTHING FOR FREEDOM.

[@wil9089]

No, I think it had a creamy centre.

[@littlebill3419]

It was Carmel falling

[@alexau9657]

Not "god".

[@GarrettCroslin]

This is almost as wild as the time Senator Cruz decided to quote Green Eggs and Ham in the middle of a Senate debate.

[@DanielLopez-ms1xh]

OMG he ate a milky way/snickers....gotta make SNL skit about that.

[@thechum9653]

I dont think are aloud food, just snacks

[@gungaginga9587]

There's a candy desk dedicated to the filibuster. Look it up.

[@icebreaker9995]

He should resign for that

[@ganggreene678]

@@icebreaker9995 you should resign your American citizenship

[@missinglinq]

The fourth branch of government.., the filibuster.

[@ganggreene678]

No, that's the liars in media and all the people who helped rig the election

[@hunterjager9538]

The fillibuster has helped both sides many times

[@drunknhamster4708]

And people wonder why the government can’t get anything done...

[@fossilfountain]

These shitty rules are turning our country into the opposite of a democracy

[@Thunderlord1738]

its purposely designed to be sluggish so that would-be tyrants cant get out of control. the filibuster prevented the wall and immigration crackdowns

[@fossilfountain]

A Quispe that makes sense

[@ronnie8489]

@@fossilfountain I don’t think you understand how our government works.

[@alfredoconteras3108]

@@fossilfountain good This is not a democracy

[@lem0enjuies349]

He is leaning on the desk. Therefore breaking the rules of the filibuster

[@mikecharliesierra341]

He wasn't leaning he just had his hand on it

[@furqan98427]

I think they removed that rule and they are allowed to do that now

[@Gythem]

no one getting the parks and recreation reference lmao

[@NotMe-yh5gi]

Parker Newlin no it was also a real rule

[@gogoforromeo9598]

Parker Newlin Everything in the parks and rec episode was a real rule.

[@ewokshoterz]

Am I the only person who thinks ABC was just poking some innocent fun? so many people are all up in arms. I enjoyed it. ABC I liked this, it was a good compilation of humorous moments quite a few of which (such as the snack and the "limit on filibusters") got a good laugh out of me.

[@Zarag0d]

YES LOL That part where the candybar decided to be funny on him... I died haha... poor Rand. Even candybars are against him haha!! I #StandwithRand !!!

[@Countrymusicnumber1]

who the hell wants to watch a 13 hour filibuster??

[@marlon98]

Did this nigga really start eating a candy bar lmao

[@Derp009]

which is against the rules too lol

[@shaunpoland5656]

Chris E how is that against the rules

[@daldal714]

Shaun Poland there are certain rules that a senator has to follow when doing filibuster. He must be standing and consume nothing but water. He can't go to bathroom either.

[@TheSpasmer]

water or milk and can only go to the bathroom if a senate colleague asks a question (looong question) with out him yielding the floor

[@chasemer6]

It is my understanding that they can drink milk and or water; and as for food, only hard candy is allowed.

[@LouSipher]

Can we get an unedited video? I'd like to have it to sleep when I have anxiety.

[@clintwestwood4545]

Yes! Filibuster ASMR 😎

[@charlescastle4533]

I hope senate stenographers get paid well.

[@itsArridian]

It took him hours to eat a single twix, what a guy.

[@aorusaki]

How does he keep his voice??? Also keep in mind senators are allowed to have candy and water but not much else lol

[@420dab9]

Did he not piss for 12 hours?

[@ToadLicker10]

He has a catheter

[@HunkMine]

Just use a bottle, all Amazon employees know this

[@LouSipher]

@@HunkMine LOL, that'd be gold halfway through the speech he just starts pissing under the table thanking the janitorial staff for their excellently clean environment and thank you to the owners of the building for hiring them and.... etc.

[@zennergoat8029]

I remember this back in high school. Rand is a badass 😂.

[@dontron4877]

He is tho

[@insertaliashere1379]

You just know that Senator Paul laid an absolute massive after this.

[@13redleader13]

Hahahaha I legitimately laughed out loud when I read that!

[@Flukyunicorn]

Love him

[@51MontyPython]

"When there's a hunger insiiiiiide yooooou......." ;)

[@aidan_sween2511]

Was he talking for a whole 13 hours

[@landaddy8380]

that’s how a filibuster works

[@AlexOtto]

besides the questions he took from other senators, yes

[@seven_sage5862]

This is just government yapping 😂

[@51MontyPython]

Yes Ma'am.

[@riturajrajkhowa5825]

I am here after reading about him... 😂😂😂

[@XSeaNMX]

Hear, hear. Great comment.

[@adellexmiles3155]

He said slept in said of swept.

[@fuckjewtube69]

Lmfaoooo.... Wait, do they have to stand and are not allowed to hold their weight against the table when they do this??

[@badpiggies988]

Because then they’d be doing it for a week

[@cmoran9103]

It's fucking insane that this exists.

[@cmoran9103]

Like, it's not ok. I'm not American, but if you are you need to care about this.

[@diogoalves896]

This is criminal no other country on earth has this because it’s the most idiotic rule on the planet

[@magiebrennan]

I watched almost the entire CSPAN live airing... there ARE people that do care about what's going on.

[@Glace1221]

Lol the dude to the right at 0:14 is just lookin like "*Sigh* oh my God."

[@robertgadson]

2:10 wonder how he voted recently 🙃🙃🙃

[@joshuamonroy2779]

Wait, HE IS EATING! For a filibuster to be effective you can only drink water or milk. *shines civics medal*

[@aquarius4904]

They’re allowed to eat candy I think

[@freecrawler6304]

Expressions of disapproval not permitted? That didn’t age well.

[@cameroncalzone8860]

it looks unprofessional

[@chrischika7026]

That’s the point

[@-awm-4655]

I'd like to thank the seantor from Utah for his expert constitusional analysis aswell

[@paintboy776]

If a filibuster remains, then debate should center on top, NOT READING DR. SUSSE. NOT READING THE ENTIRE BIBLE. This is the problem. Once a senator has the floor his/ her argument MUST be on the merits of the bill in question. This constant distraction of reading extraneous material is just an obstructionist ploy. And that holds for both sides. This will facilitate a quicker end (hopefully). If points are redundant, the opposition can object that it is off point, where the speak must explain, then be cut it off. Finished. OR this option - THERE IS A TWO HOUR DEBATE LIMIT. FINA! DONE! After which a VOTE TAKES PLACE. Finally, we have to also revert back to the ORIGINAL CONSTITUTION of majority vote. Not this McConnell monstrosity of 2/3's. Again this applies to BOTH SIDES. DEM's and Reb's. Get on with it. If we continue to go this route, will be backing into the dark ages by the end of Bidens first term. DO THE GODDAMN JOB YOU WERE ELECTED TO DO. PASS LEGISLATION!

[@israelgarcia4476]

So stunning.... so brave

[@Nahyoutrippin]

This is what your taxes pay for

[@dragon8me2]

This is how filibusters should be done.

[@steveoTHEGREAT]

Can he say anything he wants or does it need to be somewhat on topic?

[@13redleader13]

Are you suggesting we watch all 13 hours? Ain't nobody got time fo' that!

[@bentcn8511]

It's a bunch of gibberish.

[@Pointlessparodys]

Pretty sure you can't eat during a filibuster

[@yadunandanpillai2899]

Placeholder you can't eat a meal but you can eat small snacks for like 5 seconds. Basically the idea is it has to be a full.speech

[@mikecharliesierra341]

He spit it out

[@cristanoisthebest]

This is like trolling

[@InevitableAlex1]

@Zach Zandi We know they can't. But they could have shown a more indepth reason as to why the filibuster began in the first place instead of Rand chewing on his Snickers bar.

[@numbat0072]

exactly how is this a " good thing & a brilliant strategical tactic " ? it looks like something a child would do in kindergarten ! also why is national health care regarded as bad by many Americans ? if U don't want it don't use it , simple . use private health care instead .

[@steevo124]

must wear depends for next filibuster

[@DC-co8dw]

What would filibustering a filibuster look like?

[@HunkMine]

It wouldn't happen lol

[@HaloDude557]

How would you debate a debate?

[@hellogoditsmesara3569]

who came here after a John Oliver video to watch Rand Paul fail at eating candy?

[@niccolorichter1488]

i

[@jeahhh]

Who in the hell would dislike this?

[@Komrad_Yuri]

Literally any Democrat

[@whoisjohngalt1957]

What do you hear? I hear that someone is buying 2 Billion bullets.

[@binitsainju4368]

all of the lights

[@thizper]

I thought they weren’t allowed to eat anything while filibustering, only drink water or milk.

[@51MontyPython]

lol. Same here :)

[@sliu7722]

who was presiding over the senate meeting here?

[@forgottenvietnamese3996]

Rand and Ron are America loving people

[@hunterjager9538]

This is true

[@ljack-dr7kx]

My great-grandfather was Strom Thurmond's campaign MANAGER in the PRESIDENTIAL election of 1948.

[@toboroborango9464]

are you racist

[@pachacuti8403]

REAL ENDURANCE

[@countrysamurai]

I love Senator Paul and remember when he did this. He is not perfect but is one of the few politicians in D.C. with honor and integrity. I hope to see him in the White House one day...soon! He is not his dad but is such a chip off the old block.

[@hdbrot]

But he filibustered for 13 hours. That is quite dumb. Why doesn‘t he let other people talk as well? He is not the only one who can speak on the topic.

[@jdstearman]

@@hdbrot The point of a filibuster is to stall for time long enough that the allotted time for a bill/appointment/other legislation to be voted on expires. If it expires, the bill is rejected. Sometimes, this tactic is done for good. Other times, not so much. In this case, the nominee for CIA director was a monster who advocated for and employed torture tactics. Unfortunately for Rand Paul, he got the job and served for four years under Obama from 2013 - 2017.

[@w.z.9112]

The editing makes in unwatchable.

[@glow9480]

Awsome

[@CottonDaLlama]

Uh.....Studio C.......

[@jayanimations494]

The worst part, this ain’t an onion skit

[@endeavour5762]

Fucking ridiculous

[@51MontyPython]

...At least, according to the Constitution I read. But hey, I guess maybe the one I'm holding here must be a little different version than the one they have....hmm.....Nah, me don't tink so.

[@RuflessRecords]

almost no one, especially people who have a job

[@samuela9245]

These are my politicians? Wtf

[@ZinderZim]

No he isn't. His father served in the military, Ron Paul is the true Libertarian hero not his son Randy

[@cutiedoggy475]

Why the fuck are they censoring this ? They are only showing clips

[@kitkatherine23]

I thought you couldnt talk about anything that wasn’t relevant to the bill, that you couldnt eat, and that you couldnt lean or sit on anything

[@zachb1706]

Rules have changed, and there was never a rule about the content. You could recite anything

[@robertronning7016]

There's another fellow that likes this rule and uses it frequently.

[@adina5195]

Joe Biden said that the filibuster grossly overused last year - but, he didn’t mention that it was almost exclusively Democrats who used it. Republicans used it once. Democrats used it 327 times.

[@JESUStheATHEIST1]

and these are our leaders? face palm.

[@pacosebilly33]

Lets calm down... We can't put a 13 hour video on KZbin. 3 minutes may not show everything. This is the kings burger where you can have what you want but don't get crazy.

[@johnnguyen1011]

Wait isn’t it true that a senator cannot eat food during a filibuster why did he eat a chocolate bar?

[@gogoforromeo9598]

The rules have changed since the seventies. Nowadays the filibuster is a little bit more symbolic and the rules are more lax.

[@zachb1706]

Before they couldn’t even take bathroom breaks, which lead to a democrat senator (opposing the civil rights act) to piss into a bucket in the middle of his 24 hour filibuster

[@MegaMayorca]

I do not mean to offend when I say you didn't pick up on how I meant to say it. You know what I mean about the Bush sentence, American citizen now, back then "collateral damage" (countless people caught in blasts). I'm not looking to argue, and we both disagree. Lets not waste time going at eachother, instead pray Congress does something to make it so something is done for the good.

[@liberTvalance]

i love people that use the "bush used drone strike too" arguement. this was not about taking out imminent threats. in fact holder had argued that the threat didnt need to be imminent. so why would an american terrorist on US soil not just be arrested? drone strikes on terrorist in parts of the world that our troops cannot get to are a lot different than drone strikes in pasadena. what if dick cheney is our next president? do you want him to be able to use drone strikes on occupy?

[@jake3736]

I don't mind the filibuster but fucking hell can we atleast do something to try to make it easier to not pass no laws

[@TacticalShinobi]

and let me guess... you think Fox News is great right?

[@itsArridian]

At least he has a nice voice

[@carriecrompton]

My names Rand to😀😀😀😀😀

[@chriss.3270]

bro read 3 harry potter books

[@farhansiddiqui1280]

Doesn’t the Senate have timings. Who was sitting in that chamber at 12 o clock.

[@brodychestnut2341]

The House has timing. The Senate has cloture, which ends debate, but they need a 2/3 vote for it, which is stupid, but that's a topic for another day. The House is always on a time limit, but the Senate has none.

[@farhansiddiqui1280]

@@brodychestnut2341 Can the senators get up and leave if someone starts talking till 4 o clock, or do they all have to be there?

[@brodychestnut2341]

@@farhansiddiqui1280 That I'm not sure on. I would think they have to stay because they have to vote on the bill, but I'm not sure.

[@CreativeName-rz8ow]

@@farhansiddiqui1280 They WANT senators to leave, hence the purpose of the filibuster if senators aren't there to vote, the bill from the opposing party won't be passed. Democracy at work. (no, not really)

[@barbdennis7979]

❤ WTG RP ❤

[@citeriorcf]

Alguien de Chile?

[@nexusly6720]

Si now in usa

[@22Platypus]

Mr Smith goes to Washington

[@lostecosse6231]

This the best ABC news can do?

[@amyhartman6786]

Fucking ridiculous... Filibuster.. we actually pay congress to sit around and watch just 1 guy babble and ramble on for 12 hours about irrelevant bullshit and everyone else just sits there and watches him. I know this video is old but just wanted to see an example of what a filibuster was.

[@nexusly6720]

Damn this really makes our policians like marathon runners of constant dialog...

[@gqfs1023]

Monologue.. You mean constant monologue...😅

[@Somewheredownintexas]

The editing of this video is a great example of why nobody considers ABC a serious news organization..