Rand Paul wants to abolish agency established under Trump, but calls prospect ‘unlikely’ [Video]

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., wants the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to be abolished, but described the prospect as “unlikely,” he told Politico.

“I’d like to eliminate it,” Paul told the outlet. “The First Amendment is pretty important, that’s why we listed it as the First Amendment, and I would have liked to, at the very least, eliminate their ability to censor content online.”

“While it’s unlikely we could get rid of CISA, we survived for what, 248 years without them,” Paul said, according to Politico. “I think a lot of what they do is intrusive, and I’d like to end their intrusions into the First Amendment.”

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CISA senior advisor for public affairs Ron Eckstein said in a statement to Fox News Digital, “CISA does not and has never censored speech or facilitated censorship. Such allegations are riddled with factual inaccuracies. Every day, …