Rand Paul Gets Into The Holiday Spirit With A Festivus Tweetstorm 
 
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 Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., took to social media to poke fun at his political colleagues including an "airing of grievances" about government waste, President Trump, Fox News and Washington politics overall in a tweetstorm on Saturday. 
 
 In a nod to the classic Seinfeld episode, the onetime presidential candidate, wished his 1.86 million Twitter followers a "Happy Festivus" — a made-up holiday meant to shine a light on the hypercommercialization of Christmas and to confront those who have disappointed throughout the year. Festivus, for those who "celebrate" it, typically falls on Dec. 23. 
 
 Paul kicked off the day with a simple tweet: 
 
 "Good morning and #Happy Festivus! Later today I will help you celebrate with some #AiringofGrievances." 
 
 Trump, who is at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, was the subject of a number of Paul's tweets including: 
 
 "I want to pause to wish @realDonaldTrump a Happy Festivus. We told him to take today off, since he airs his grievances on here every day. " 
 
 It got better from there. 
 
 Before he got rolling though, he issued a warning tweet at Fox News, seemingly to playfully ensure that the network didn't issue a bulletin saying he was attacking Christmas. 
 
 "Before we get started, I need to alert @FoxNews and someone in DC that this is NOT a war on Christmas. It's a war on everything else," another tweet said. 
 
 Paul also poked fun at fellow Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, for his Twitter beef with Mark Hamill, the actor who played the iconic Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars films, tweeting, "There are how many millions Americans who've wanted to force-choke Ted, and he picked on the one who could do It. Brave, he is," Paul said in another tweet, followed by: "I'm KIDDING, Ted. You're likeable enough." 
 
 He also blasted former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada. Paul's grievance on this issue stems from the news this week that the Pentagon secretly spent more than $20 million on UFO research, a program Reid secured funding for, according to reports. 
 
 In all caps, Paul tweeted: 
 
 "HOW IS IT YOU NEVER TOLD ME ABOUT THE ALIENS, HARRY??!!" 
 
 Paul goes on to tweet about Hillary Clinton's book What Happened, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and what Paul says was $563,421,523 in federal government waste among other things. 
 
 Then Paul pivoted back to the president about wanting funding for his wall along the southern border, tweeting: "And @realDonaldTrump thinks there is a chance in hell someone is going pay for that border wall." 
 
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– “Before we get started, I need to alert @FoxNews and someone in DC that this is NOT a war on Christmas. It’s a war on everything else.” Sen. Rand Paul opened his yearly Festivus Twitter rant with this poke at Fox News, then continued to air his grievances Costanza-style. Made popular in the 1997 Seinfeld episode “The Strike,” Festivus is a parody holiday aimed at the commercialism of Christmas. The Kentucky senator has made it a Festivus tradition on December 23 to partake in the "Airing of Grievances," but with a focus on government spending. Per the Lexington Herald-Leader, the libertarian took shots at everyone from Hillary Clinton to President Trump to UFOs, but focused most of his 20-minute tweetstorm on government spending. “It may not seem like a lot of money, but we spent just under $100k to make sure Kenyan farmers knew how to use Facebook,” he wrote. Along with his takedown of spending, the Kentucky senator made time for a few playful jabs at Trump: “I want to pause to wish @realDonaldTrump a Happy Festivus. We told him to take today off, since he airs his grievances on here every day.” According to NPR, Paul also tweeted about Harry Reid ("HOW IS IT YOU NEVER TOLD ME ABOUT THE ALIENS, HARRY??!!), Hillary Clinton, and Ted Cruz. Paul capped off his rant with a link to a 42-page document detailing this year’s grievances.