RNC Chair Calls Rand Paul’s Filibuster ‘Completely Awesome’ (VIDEO)

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Sen. Rand Paul’s filibuster of the nomination of John Brennan as CIA director injected some much-needed excitement into the GOP, Republican National Committee Chair Reince Priebus said Thursday. 

“Listen, I think it was completely awesome,” Priebus said at media availability, posted by the Des Moines Register. “I was excited about it myself. I couldn’t go to bed. I’m still excited about it. You know what i’m excited about? I think our party needs some unity sometimes. And it’s not easy not having the White House. And sometimes you’ve got to scrap and claw for issues that can unify a party. Now, and that’s not total unity, but this was a great issue in standing up against the President, asking some simple, important questions, and I was happy to see so many other Republican senators support Sen. Paul.”

Watch (Paul question comes at 2:45):

h/t Politico

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