"Rand has defended Donald Trump at times when other Republicans ran and hid.
All through Russiagate, Rand insisted the whole thing was a witch hunt and that Trump was innocent.
During the first impeachment trial, Rand emerged as one of Trump's staunchest defenders in the Senate. Same for the second such trial, which Rand denounced as "absurd" and "political theater."
He defended Trump against campaign finance allegations in 2018.
Establishment left and right alike went after Trump in 2019 for his Syria withdrawal, and at that moment when the President needed allies, Rand supported him.
Likewise for Trump's 2018 summit with Vladimir Putin. Said Rand:
Yes, the vast majority of the foreign policy community, the bipartisan consensus said you shouldn't meet with Putin. They also said he shouldn't meet with Kim and this is an extraordinary thing about President Trump that should be lauded and not belittled is that he is willing to meet with adversaries to try to prevent us from having World War III.
So you'd think the response to all that would be to say: thanks, Rand, for all the support, especially when it was most difficult to stand in my corner and other Republicans had abandoned me. Now let's see if we can address your concerns.
As you know, dear reader, that was not the response."
Tom Woods