@knittingknots2
Rand Paul is from Kentucky. The Kentucky distillery industry was hit hard by retaliatory tariffs.
Rand Paul & Mitch McConnell managed to get reelected by arranging payoffs to placate them.
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/06/12/politics/tariffs-trump-biden-whiskey
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/06/bourbon-eu-tariffs-trade-war/563726/
https://www.lex18.com/news/covering-kentucky/senators-paul-mcconnell-seek-removal-of-retaliatory-tariffs-on-bourbon-and-spirits
https://www.lex18.com/we-follow-through/kentucky-distillers-association-present-on-bourbon-success-discuss-tariffs
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/2019/07/25/mitch-mcconnell-rand-paul-propose-tax-break-bourbon-producers/1825609001/