I heard someone say, "Ron Paul is my favorite government thug," and I think that sentiment applies to how I feel about him now. He played the political game, which I now find utterly repulsive, but he used it as a platform to challenge the status quo.

Rand Paul is largely in the same camp, as is Thomas Massie. Both are still in office, and Trump has been feuding with them, eapecially Massie. Justin Amash was also a fairly anti-state member of the state. And all four still write and speak to one degree or another.

I can't think of anyone aligned with the Democrats who I can even slightly respect anymore. Bernie Sanders was always too much of a central planner, for example.