Sen. Rand Paul’s so-called “filibuster” against the budget deal, a move his campaign hyped repeatedly and which the Kentucky senator used as a rallying cry at last night’s debate, wasn’t a filibuster at all.

In fact, it wasn’t even a long speech.

The presidential hopeful took to the Senate floor at 2:46 p.m. and ended his remarks less than twenty minutes later.

While Rand and his campaign never officially declared he would perform a marathon speech against the legislation, he oversold its impact during last night's Republican presidential debate, mentioning the filibuster in both his opening and closing statements.

“I will stand firm. I will spend every ounce of energy to stop [the deal]," he said. "I will begin tomorrow to filibuster it. And I ask everyone in America to call Congress tomorrow and say enough is enough; no more debt."

And his campaign sought to raise money off the filibuster.

In one fundraising email with the subject line “I’m going to filibuster,” Paul asked supporters to donate $20.16.


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Literally filibustering for 20 minutes as a fundraiser for his failed campaign. His dad must be proud.