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Rand Paul takes the floor, colleagues and staff take to Twitter

Posted by Jenna Ebersole on May 21, 2015

As presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) took a physical stand on the Senate floor Wednesday, his colleagues and their staffs took the debate over filibusters, procedure and the NSA online.

Paul's 10-hour oration marched on until nearly midnight with short interruptions from colleagues on both sides of the aisle. These are the top tweets by members and their staffs from the sidelines as the day stretched on and interrupted plans:

Liz Margolis, communications director for Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.):

"Rand Paul-- ruining bodymen's weekends since 2013."

Moira Bagley Smith, communications director for Rep. Ann Wagner (R-Mo.):

"Gather round, kids. Let Aunt Moira tell you about the last time ol' Randy made a filibuster. I was a spring chicken back then!"

J.P. Freire, communications director for Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah): 

"Senate is in Randcess."

Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.):

"Due to a filibuster on the #Senate floor, my maiden speech will be moved to a later date. I'll keep you posted! #BreakBadRegs"

Reema Dodin, floor director for Senate Democratic Whip on how she was filling her time:

"@wexler On the Floor, in the Cloakroom, and on the 3rd floor with trusty CSPAN. You can't love the Constitution (or the Senate) enough, Nu."

Alyssa Farah, communications director for Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.):

"Senate procedure still confuses the hell out of me."

Kimberly Willingham, communications director for Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas):

"Rand Paul sure knows how to make headlines."

Erica Arbetter, digital coordinator for House Natural Resources Committee:

"Regardless of where on the spectrum you fall, a Rand spy blocker is about as on message as it gets #digitaldoneright https://t.co/5ZPs5hLUd1"

Jason Botelho, media relations coordinator for Senate Sergeant at Arms - Capitol:

"Does Rand Paul even realize that he's missing #NXTTakeOver right now?"

Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.), responding to a question of why he wasn't standing with Rand:

"@SprtsGamer I do stand with him. I'm a House member though and can't join the filibuster."