Rand Paul: I Will Do ‘Whatever it Takes’ to Block Gina Haspel and Mike Pompeo, Including Filibuster

Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said he would do “whatever it takes” to oppose the secretary of state nominee Mike Pompeo and Gina Haspel to replace him as CIA director.

Paul said “I’ll do whatever it takes, and that includes filibuster. I will try to make a point to the American people, and maybe the American people will rise up and say, you know, we stand in solidarity with those who seek freedom from torture, not the freedom to a people, to have someone run our spy agency that has all of this enormous power, who is intimately involved with torture and from everything we’re reading, was supportive of the policy. So, no, I can’t support that. And I will do everything I can, including filibuster. You know, filibuster doesn’t stop anyone. The only way I could stop anyone is if we convinced enough senators. And it would take a majority at this point to stop their appointment.”