"I yield the floor." — @SenRandPaul. #StandWithRand ends.
— Philmonger (@phillipmbailey) March 7, 2013
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) won applause from the Senate gallery, both sides of the political aisle, and from far-off quarters here at home and around the world late tonight after ending his filibuster of President Obama’s CIA director nominee John Brennan over White House drone policy.
Sen. Paul joked that he had to break the filibuster because he needed to “pee:”
Is it awkward that we all know Sen Rand Paul is having the best pee ever right now? #FinalQuestion
— Breeanne Walters (@breeannewalters) March 7, 2013
Tuned in just in time to hear Rand Paul end his filibuster. It was not as climactic a finish as I'd hoped, but at least he made a pee joke.
— Stephen Miller (@sdavidmiller) March 7, 2013
https://twitter.com/preciseBlogs/status/309545015636541440
https://twitter.com/TPCarney/status/309541099410714624
The cross-partisan praise:
.@SenRandPaul is the MAN right now. #Hate2AdmitIt #p2 #tcot #NoDrones
— Van Jones (@VanJones68) March 7, 2013
https://twitter.com/passantino/status/309540685273501696
https://twitter.com/capotealejandro/status/309541355548450816
@SenRandPaul filibuster ends after nearly 13 hours! With a standing ovation… and applause. Remarkable. #StandWithRand
— Sandra Kay (@love2laugh) March 7, 2013
https://twitter.com/OccupyShannon/status/309540609675390976
End of an amazing effort. Gallery erupted in cheers for Rand Paul when @SenRandPaul stopped filibuster. #StandWithRand
— Medea Benjamin (@medeabenjamin) March 7, 2013
Video:
If you missed it: RT @ryanjreilly: Sen. Rand Paul's office is uploading each hour of #standwithrand on YouTube http://t.co/kCDxOEdC7N"
— Brianna Walden (@BriannaWalden) March 7, 2013
Video from hour 9:
Update:
Here’s Paul ending the filibuster to finally take his bathroom break: