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Sen. Rand Paul really doesn’t like the tax code, and presumably also isn’t thrilled about his performance in the polls. Evidently, the Republican presidential candidate from Kentucky figured it would be best to kill two birds with one stone and tweeted this video this afternoon.
Shooting the tax code >> https://t.co/9PCslm9xx1
— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) September 16, 2015
We’ve seen Paul take a chainsaw to the tax code before, but the day of the second GOP debate calls for an upping of the ante. Does it matter that those boxes he’s emptying clips into appear to be just unopened packs of printer paper and not the tax code? Or that this is a cry for attention from someone who is polling at a meager 3 percent, according to recent CBS polling data? Of course not. I mean, just look at him:
— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) September 16, 2015
With any luck, next week he’ll move on to pyrotechnics.
After shooting the tax code @RandPaul poses with some gun enthusiasts pic.twitter.com/3PExI5jHuR
— Anthony Terrell (@AnthonyNBCNews) September 16, 2015
