DC Vote Executive Director Ilir Zherka just passed the 10-year mark as the organization’s executive director, so maybe this type of stuff shouldn’t surprise him anymore. But it does, and today he called out Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) for his “stunning hypocrisy” in introducing a set of amendments that would dictate D.C. policy on guns, abortions and union labor.

“We’re deeply offended by Senator Paul’s stunning hypocrisy,” said Zherka. “He says he’s offering these amendments because the federal government and the Congress have authority over the District, and therefore he has the ability to offer these.

“What’s crazy about that is the argument that he makes about federal intrusion into the states is not one about whether or not the federal government has the power—but whether it should use that power. Of course, he comes down on the side of the federal government and the Congress not using its power over the states, but here he’s got the opposite argument,” he said.

At-Large Republican D.C. Council contender Mary Brooks Beatty also expressed the D.C. GOP’s opposition to Paul’s amendments in a statement today.

“Regardless of how you might feel about the substance of each individual amendment, the fact of the matter is that this is an over-reach, and these clauses have no place in this bill. D.C. Budget Autonomy is an issue that has seen support on both sides of the aisle, and it’s a shame that someone elected to represent Kentucky has decided to add language that could deny rights to District residents,” she said.

UPDATE, 5:30 p.m.: All the way from China (where it’s 5:30 a.m.), Mayor Vince Gray said that “Senator Paul’s proposed amendments are an insult to the people of our city.”