{"id":1413769,"date":"2022-03-31T18:45:28","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T22:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1413769"},"modified":"2022-03-31T18:45:32","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T22:45:32","slug":"rand-paul-just-savaged-liberals-who-peddled-the-russia-collusion-narrative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rand-paul-just-savaged-liberals-who-peddled-the-russia-collusion-narrative\/","title":{"rendered":"Rand Paul Just Savaged Liberals Who Peddled The Russia Collusion Narrative"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frand-paul-just-savaged-liberals-who-peddled-the-russia-collusion-narrative%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1413769&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\">\n<p>Republican Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul on Tuesday jokingly called for an investigation into Russian ties with environmentalists to needle liberals who pushed the narrative the Kremlin colluded with the Trump campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe we should get a special prosecutor,\u201d Paul said during an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsmax.com\/politics\/rand-paul-fauci-russia-regime-change\/2022\/03\/29\/id\/1063453\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">appearance on Newsmax<\/a> Tuesday. \u201cMaybe we need to spend about $100 million investigating Putin\u2019s contributions to the green alarmists in our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know if it\u2019s true,\u201d Paul added. \u201cBut can you imagine, there\u2019s probably more truth to that than any of the BS they put forward about trying to connect the Russians to the Trump campaign.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/21\/peter-doocy-jen-psaki-climate-leadership-keystone-xl-nord-stream-2-pipeline\/\">(RELATED: Peter Doocy Presses Jen Psaki On \u2018Climate Leadership\u2019 After Biden Blocked Keystone XL Pipeline, But Allowed Putin\u2019s Pipeline)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Accusations about Russian funding of anti-fossil fuel groups have been around for years. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EGVIKhZmjo\">https:\/\/t.co\/EGVIKhZmjo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ThePoliticalInsider (@TPInsidr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TPInsidr\/status\/1509566193946013697?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 31, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Environmental groups opposed the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/09\/keystone-xl-pipeline-joe-biden-montana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Keystone XL<\/a> pipeline and have also pushed for restrictions on oil and gas drilling. Many environmentalists also opposed hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, claiming it contributed to climate change and harmed water supplies. Critics <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/02\/joe-biden-energy-policies-crude-oil-natural-gas-russia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">say<\/a> these efforts, coupled with current Biden administration policies, contributed to high oil and gas prices, which means more revenue for the Russian government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom Day 1, Biden and the Democrats\u2019 actions and statements pushed gasoline prices steadily higher,\u201d conservative commentator Deroy Merdock recently <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/03\/18\/president-biden-is-at-fault-for-high-gas-prices-not-putin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wrote<\/a> in the New York Post.<\/p>\n<p>There is currently no evidence that American environmentalists are in cahoots with the Kremlin. Likewise, the narrative that former President Donald Trump\u2019s campaign was in league with Russian President Vladimir Putin has also been discredited.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Kentucky Sen. 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