Suspension of the rules. - Isaac, Ari and Kmele talk hantavirus, Sen. Rand Paul's son's big mistake, AOC 2028 prospects and more notable internet clips.
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Isaac Saul
4.7 • 817 Ratings
🗓️ 14 May 2026
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
Coming up on todays episode of Suspension of the Rules: Sen. Rand Paul's son's big drunken mistake, a break down of the hantavirus, and this week's notable internet clips including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's 2028 prospects . Last but not least, a very good grievance section. It's a very good one!
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| 0:00.0 | Coming up, Rand Paul's son makes a very big mistake. |
| 0:04.2 | We talk Haunt the virus and some AOC 2028 prospects, along with a few other very interesting clips from the internet. |
| 0:14.2 | It's a great episode. You guys are going to enjoy it. Good morning, good afternoon and good evening and welcome to the suspension of the rules podcast. |
| 0:35.0 | This is a place where we have some level-headed political dialogue, try to disagree |
| 0:39.4 | amicably, and talk shit about Rand Paul's son, who got hammered and did the worst possible |
| 0:46.9 | thing you could do. I have two thoughts. First of all, let me introduce this story. This is my |
| 0:52.7 | favorite cold open ever in the history of suspension of the rules, I think. |
| 0:56.2 | Because it follows immediately, |
| 0:57.6 | let's be level-headed and amicably. |
| 1:01.7 | Ran Paul's son |
| 1:03.3 | drunkenly berated |
| 1:05.1 | lawmaker Mike Lawler at a bar |
| 1:07.9 | pointed his finger at him |
| 1:10.5 | and called him a Jew in front of a reporter. |
| 1:14.5 | And there's a lot to talk about here. |
| 1:16.5 | Everybody's going to be talking about the anti-Semitism and whatever and have debates about |
| 1:20.6 | that. |
| 1:20.9 | As a fellow Jew, I'll say, well, Mike Loller's not even a Jew, but as a Jew, yeah, which |
| 1:26.7 | is the funniest part. As a Jew, I as a Jew, yeah, which is the funniest part. |
| 1:28.0 | As a Jew, I'll say I have a hard time getting worked up about that in this current climate. |
| 1:33.8 | But what I did feel was, why doesn't this ever happen to me as a reporter? |
| 1:40.9 | I've never been sitting at a bar and had an immediate automatic viral slam dunk |
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