Last week, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) was interviewed by Fox News host Jesse Waters on the American perception of the First Amendment and how Musk's purchase of Twitter will be seen in that light. 

The senator from the Bluegrass State commented that Musk's purchase of Twitter would be recorded by history as marking an important milestone for the cause and the right of free speech. He observed, "You know, back in the 1950s, and ’60s, and ‘70s, the ACLU, the Left, NAACP were great defenders of free speech and the First Amendment...And then, somewhere along the way, something happened, and people began to think that there was only certain types of speech that were acceptable."

Senator Paul then exclaimed, "And then along came Elon Musk. The country, the Bill of Rights frankly, all of us, are going to be very thankful that a guy with a lot of money bought a social media entity and allowed us to see the government colluding to limit speech." He then pivoted and said "What we can’t allow to happen is the government to collude with private business and use them basically as their extension or their arm of censor...I have a bill that would actually stop this...I have a bill that would say no one in the government can collude with anybody in the media to limit constitutionally protected speech."

The senator summarized his pitch for the legislation on social media as "We can’t allow the government to collude with private businesses and use them as their extension for censorship."

 

We can’t allow the government to collude with private businesses and use them as their extension for censorship. https://t.co/uUmsGnozpp

— Rand Paul (@RandPaul) May 19, 2023

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It was pointed out by Jack Hunter, a freelance writer for media outlets, that the libertarian Republican senator's record was that he "was the only Republican to vote against confirming FBI Director Christopher Wray. Paul was also the only vote against his predecessor, James Comey."
 

The Durham Report showed how the FBI was weaponized to help Hillary and to hurt Pres. Trump.@RandPaul⁩ was the only Republican to vote against confirming FBI Director Christopher Wray.

Paul was also the only vote against his predecessor, James Comey. https://t.co/xptqcztsFQ

— Jack Hunter (@jackhunter74) May 21, 2023

The Washington Times reported on a proposed piece of legislation that was being pushed by Senators Paul and Wyden (D-OR) that would make "the U.S. Postal Service to change its surveillance policies that enable its warrantless surveillance of people’s mail on behalf of law enforcement and intelligence agencies." The outlet observed that "[t]he bipartisan duo is concerned that the postal inspectors set their own rules for the physical surveillance with little oversight, whereas any snooping on electronic communications is subject to laws and judicial review. The Oregon Democrat and Kentucky Republican are worried about the Postal Service’s mail covers to track sender and recipient information for agencies such as the FBI, IRS, Department of Homeland Security, and the Drug Enforcement Administration."