--- title: Rand Paul Airs His Grievances About GOP in Festivus Tweets description: He's got a lotta problems with you people, and you're going to hear about it canonical: https://time.com/4160212/rand-paul-airs-his-grievances-republican-candidates/ author: Nolan Feeney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-23T18:07:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:04:44.040Z article:section: Politics og:title: Rand Paul Airs His Grievances About GOP Candidates in Festivus Tweets og:description: He's got a lotta problems with you people, and you're going to hear about it og:url: https://time.com/4160212/rand-paul-airs-his-grievances-republican-candidates/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfa187761c1c2c378/698876be3c16391d8245b549/rand-paul-fextivus.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Rand Paul og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Rand Paul Airs His Grievances About GOP Candidates in Festivus Tweets twitter:description: He's got a lotta problems with you people, and you're going to hear about it twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfa187761c1c2c378/698876be3c16391d8245b549/rand-paul-fextivus.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Rand Paul Airs His Grievances About GOP Candidates in Festivus Tweets ## Video: Watch The CNBC GOP Debate in Less Than 4 Minutes [Watch (HLS stream): Watch The CNBC GOP Debate in Less Than 4 Minutes](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/8UytvMpk.m3u8) (3:46)  _Published 2015-10-29. Watch The CNBC GOP Debate in Less Than 4 Minutes_  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Dec 23, 2015 6:07 PM UTC  Sen. Rand Paul,speaks to veterans at the American Legion Post 23 in Bowling Green, Ky., Aug. 10, 2015. Sen. Rand Paul,speaks to veterans at the American Legion Post 23 in Bowling Green, Ky., Aug. 10, 2015.Timothy D. Easley—AP  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Dec 23, 2015 6:07 PM UTC Republican presidential hopeful and _Seinfeld_ fan Rand Paul has made it an annual tradition to celebrate [Festivus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festivus#Festivus%5Fpole), the parody holiday popularized by the iconic sitcom, on Twitter. And while he’s not exactly Instagramming [his Festivus pole](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festivus#Festivus%5Fpole), he is taking part in one of the holiday’s most important traditions: the Airing of Grievances. And he’s got _a lot_ of them, aimed at both his fellow candidates and what he deems to be excessive spending by Washington. He keeps the mood light, of course—the tweets resemble a roast more than an earnest political screed, and he gets some good digs in at the likes of Donald Trump and Carly Fiorina, such as this one: “I have no grievances against my fellow doc @RealBenCarson because I have not heard a word he has said in any debate.” Below, a sampling of some of his tweets: > [](https://twitter.com/RandPaul/status/679648305631129600) > [](https://twitter.com/RandPaul/status/679648558082048001) > [](https://twitter.com/RandPaul/status/679658815642558464) > [](https://twitter.com/RandPaul/status/679659028285386753) > [](https://twitter.com/RandPaul/status/679659766495506432) > [](https://twitter.com/RandPaul/status/679660232809791488) > [](https://twitter.com/RandPaul/status/679660476075249664) > [](https://twitter.com/RandPaul/status/679660642001895424) > [](https://twitter.com/RandPaul/status/679661326445228033) > [](https://twitter.com/RandPaul/status/679661804922998784) > [](https://twitter.com/RandPaul/status/679662335879974912) > [](https://twitter.com/RandPaul/status/679662605640798208) > [](https://twitter.com/RandPaul/status/679663176439447552) > [](https://twitter.com/RandPaul/status/679663831388405760) > [](https://twitter.com/RandPaul/status/679664082518192128) > [](https://twitter.com/RandPaul/status/679697417193820160) > [](https://twitter.com/RandPaul/status/679697575025491968) > [](https://twitter.com/RandPaul/status/679698051750072320) > [](https://twitter.com/RandPaul/status/679698987457339392) > [](https://twitter.com/RandPaul/status/679699622462394368) > [](https://twitter.com/RandPaul/status/679700618374737920) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4160212/rand-paul-airs-his-grievances-republican-candidates/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4160212/rand-paul-airs-his-grievances-republican-candidates/"},"headline":"Rand Paul Airs His Grievances About GOP Candidates in Festivus Tweets","datePublished":"2015-12-23T18:07:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T08:04:44.040Z","description":"He's got a lotta problems with you people, and you're going to hear about it","url":"https://time.com/4160212/rand-paul-airs-his-grievances-republican-candidates/","keywords":["2016 Campaign","Rand Paul"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfa187761c1c2c378/698876be3c16391d8245b549/rand-paul-fextivus.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfa187761c1c2c378/698876be3c16391d8245b549/rand-paul-fextivus.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Rand Paul","caption":"Rand Paul","creditText":"Timothy D. 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