‘Seinfeld’ Superfan Rand Paul Channels Frank Costanza With His Annual Festivus Airing Of Grievances

According to President-elect Donald Trump, all Americans should celebrate the holidays by saying “Merry Christmas” instead of “Happy Holidays,” “Happy Hanukkah,” or anything else that sounds remotely unlike anything his pollsters would prefer. Whether or not he has ever heard of Seinfeld‘s made-up alternative “Festivus” remains to be seen, but if long-time celebrant Rand Paul gets his way, the New York real estate mogul will be reading about it on Twitter for days. That’s because the former Republican presidential candidate decided to channel Frank Costanza and air his grievances on Friday — many of which took aim at Trump’s cabinet picks.

The Kentucky senator warned his followers about the oncoming tweet storm early Friday morning, promising to flood everyone’s newsfeed with complaints “throughout the day”:

Paul, who first tweeted about Festivus back in 2013, returned hours later to do just that. First, he reminded everyone about the coming grievances with a choice Costanza line…

…then he dove straight into the muck of Trump’s confirmed and reported cabinet picks and administrative appointments. First up? Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, who counts himself and his website among the president-elect’s most ardent followers. Then practically everyone else:

Festivus notwithstanding, Paul — a devout Presbyterian — made sure to tell everyone he would be celebrating Christmas later. That, and warn other Festivus celebrants he’d be ready for the “Feats of Strength” held later:

Not that it stopped the media from peppering Paul’s office with interview requests. Or at least that’s what Paul later claimed on Twitter:

(Via Talking Points Memo)