Rand Paul was disinvited to the WH picnic and he’s so not happy about it

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said that he has been disinvited from the annual White House picnic for Congress, complaining to reporters about the “petty” gesture from the Trump administration.

Paul made the claim on Wednesday as he was speaking to reporters outside the U.S. Capitol, telling members of the media that he was planning on attending the Thursday event with his family and that he was informed about being dropped from the guest list when he inquired about picking up tickets.

“I’ve just been told that I’ve been uninvited from the picnic; I think I’m the first senator in the history of the United States to be uninvited to the White House picnic,” he said.

JUST IN – SENATOR RAND PAUL: “I’ve just been told that I’ve been uninvited from the [White House] picnic…every Democrat will be invited, every Republican invited, but I will be the only one disallowed. I just find this incredibly petty.”pic.twitter.com/rXTIDuXIeq

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) June 11, 2025

“The White House is owned by the taxpayers, we are all members of it, every Democrat will be invited, every Republican will be invited, but I will be the only one disallowed to come on the grounds of the White House,” whined Paul.

“I just find this incredibly petty,” the senator added. “I have been, I think, nothing but polite to the president. I have been an intellectual opponent, a public policy opponent, and he’s chosen now to uninvite me from the picnic and to say my grandson can’t come to the picnic.”

The Kentucky Republican’s Libertarian dogma has put him in opposition of President Donald J. Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” as it faces an uncertain future in the Senate, delighting Democrats who see him as a pawn who will allow himself to be used to help them torpedo the signature legislation, inflicting a severe blow on the America First leader’s agenda in the early stages of his presidency.

Paul complained that “the level of immaturity is beyond words,” before unloading on Trump.

“I’m arguing from a true belief and worry that our country is mired in debt and getting worse, and they choose to react by uninviting my grandson to the public,” the senator said. “It really makes me lose a lot of respect I once had for Donald Trump.”

“When they tell you your grandson can’t come to a picnic at the White House that all of Congress is allowed to come to, I don’t know, it just shows such a pettiness,” he said.

If Paul was expecting sympathy from X users, he was sorely disappointed, as they served up a heaping bowl of mockery instead.

Rand Paul crying like a school girl because President Trump uninvited him from the White House picnic is the funniest thing I’ve seen on X in weeks
How can you not love President Trump pic.twitter.com/IVqMYrsw5a

— Vince Langman (@LangmanVince) June 12, 2025

No support for BBB and he no longer has a seat at the table, literally.

— Town Square (@XTownSquareX) June 11, 2025

Is Rand Paul crying over a WH picnic?! Bahahaha!!!!!

I’m surprised Rand wasn’t bitching about the cost anyway… He certainly doesn’t complain when his donors pay for his 5-Star Hotel stays. https://t.co/k3r60TW9Cm

— Anthony Sisk (@AnthonyJSisk) June 11, 2025

I heard they needed to save money at the picnic.

— Carson Fischer (@spyfish007) June 12, 2025

Mr purity sometimes gotta be a team player. Frankly, I’m tired of him always voting against everything Trump wants. The alternative is the bill doesn’t get passed and massive tax hikes hit Americans and democrats win the midterms.

— Joe Macinnis (@brashua431973) June 11, 2025

@RandPaul is a grand stander and this is what he deserves. The cool kids table isn’t for losers like rand.

— Solana saurus rex.sol (@Christo86383094) June 12, 2025

Who wants to tell him @RandPaul? He just doesn’t get it.

There’s no middle ground in this struggle. You’re with the Marxists and their social change agenda, or you’re with Conservatives who want to secure our nation, expand energy and business, and ensure peace through strength.

— Red River Report (@RedRiverReport) June 12, 2025

He can always join the pick nic as a Democrat if he really craves a sandwich that much.

— Dennis (@dennis_nik75) June 12, 2025

Paul also suggested that being snubbed isn’t likely to sway him to vote for the bill.

“…they have shown over the last week they don’t care about my vote at all … because I’ve told them I can and would vote for the bill if the debt ceiling were taken off of it. So conceivably, there might be some situation in which they needed my vote. Instead, they have decided to try to attack my character,” Paul continued.

“They’re afraid of what I’m saying, so they think they’re going to punish me; I can’t go to the picnic, as if that’s somehow going to make me more conciliatory,” he added. “So it’s silly in a way, but it’s also just really sad that this is what it’s come to. But petty vindictiveness like this, I don’t know, it makes you wonder about the quality of people you’re dealing with.”

“It could be from lower-level staff members, but these are people that shouldn’t be working over there,” Paul added.

“While ICE officers are battling violent mobs in Los Angeles, Rand Paul is trying to cut funding for deportations and border security,” top Trump White House aide Stephen Miller wrote in a post to X earlier this week.

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Chris Donaldson is an ordinary American who is concerned about rampant corruption as well as the ongoing attacks on our way of life by those who have contempt for our hard-earned freedoms. A Navy veteran, he has been a frequent contributor to conservative websites and resides in Florida.

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