Senator Rand Paul confronted a State Department nominee over shocking revelations about anti-Trump sabotage. The Kentucky Republican grilled Joel Rayburn about his work with James Jeffrey, a former Syria envoy who admitted lying to President Trump about troop levels. Paul called Jeffrey’s actions “tantamount to treason” – and Americans deserve answers.
Jeffrey openly bragged about playing “shell games” to hide the true number of U.S. soldiers in Syria. This wasn’t just bureaucratic paperwork. It was a deliberate scheme to undermine President Trump’s order to bring troops home after defeating ISIS. Career bureaucrats thought they knew better than the commander-in-chief.
Even worse, Jeffrey signed the infamous “Never Trump” letter in 2016. That letter trashed Trump as “dangerous” and “unfit” before he even took office. Yet this same deep-state operator got handed a top diplomatic job. Patriots want to know why anti-Trump radicals kept getting powerful positions.
Rayburn squirmed when asked if he agreed with Jeffrey’s actions. He called Jeffrey a “close colleague” but refused to condemn the deception. This smells like a cover-up. If Rayburn won’t hold swamp creatures accountable, why should he get promoted?
The betrayal goes deeper than just troop numbers. These bureaucrats hated Trump’s America First agenda. They worked overtime to block his plans – even if it meant lying to his face. That’s not public service. That’s a mutiny against the voters who elected him.
President Trump trusted his team to carry out his orders. Instead, they stabbed him in the back to push their own globalist schemes. Real Americans are sick of unelected elites thinking they can override the will of the people. It’s time to drain the swamp once and for all.
Rand Paul is fighting where others stay silent. He’s demanding accountability for the shadow government that thinks rules don’t apply to them. Every patriot in flyover country understands this battle. The Washington swamp hates Trump because he threatened their power.
This isn’t about politics. It’s about whether our government serves the people or the bureaucrats. When officials lie to the President, they lie to every American who voted for him. The Senate must block any nominee who won’t clean house and put America first.
