I was really reminded why it's important to actually watch videos and research things yourself the other day when I was met with articles about how Rand Paul was being crudely mean and transphobic. Reddit would have had him hung in the town square based on the headlines and articles they were skimming, but not the video (if they had watched it).

Queue up the video of the meeting.

And it's just standard questioning that was responded to in a robot like fashion by Rachel Levine who refused to answer it. Here is the video, unedited, on Rand Paul's own YouTube page: https://tube.incog.host/watch?v=x3RJpBJQ25Y . It's on his own page because he did nothing wrong by asking questions and expecting an answer. It's a CONFIRMATION HEARING, not a luncheon and social gathering. If it was just a casual meet and greet, sure, his pressing would be inappropriate. But asking questions such as that during a CONFIRMATION HEARING is standard.

Watch videos of other confirmation hearings. People get asked tough questions all the time.