Posted 12/23/2023, 5:00:00 PM
Rand Paul Airs Festivus Grievances Over Lobster Tanks and Transgender Monkeys in Annual Waste Report
- Sen. Rand Paul published his 9th annual "Festivus Report" to air grievances about alleged government waste
- Festivus is a noncommercial holiday made up on Seinfeld to reject Christmas commercialism
- Paul's grievances included $33 million to house research monkeys and $6 million to promote Egyptian tourism
- The report cited $8,395 the Defense Department spent on a lobster tank
- It claimed $477,000 went to study HIV in transgender monkeys