Rand Paul Straight Up Compares Trump Taking Stakes In Private Companies to Zohran Mamdani’s Socialism

Alex Griffing Oct 2nd, 2025, 1:19 pm

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) joined MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle this week to discuss President Donald Trump’s plan to create TrumpRX, a government-run website offering discounts on select prescription drugs.

Paul, a libertarian leaning Republican, pulled no punches in criticizing Trump’s willingness to intervene in the free market and even went so far as to compare the Trump administration to self-identified socialist New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani.

Paul shared his interview on X and wrote , “If you’re going to criticize the socialist Mamdani for wanting to own grocery stores, you better criticize Republicans who want a share of

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