Ever since the existence of a whistle-blower complaint against Donald Trump was revealed last year, both the president and his allies have been completely obsessed with learning the identity of the individual in question. And, it may surprise you to hear, not so they can send him or her an Edible Arrangement and a nice note. Team Trump instead clearly wants to out this individual to malign his or her character and prove he or she is a member of the deep state, and/or to execute the whistle-blower’s sources. Thus far, Trump & Co. have been mostly unsuccessful in this endeavor, so on Thursday, Rand Paul tried a new tack: working the alleged whistle-blower’s name into a question on the Senate floor during the afternoon’s impeachment proceedings.

Or at least, he did his best:

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. on Thursday declined to read a question submitted by Paul, in which the Kentucky Republican sought to name a person who conservative media outlets have alleged is the whistle-blower whose anonymous complaint launched the impeachment inquiry. “The presiding officer declines to read the question as submitted,” Roberts said of Paul’s question, which also included the name of a Schiff staffer. Paul has repeatedly demanded that the media unmask the alleged whistle-blower. Federal whistle-blowers are offered limited protections from retaliation.

Paul then immediately left the chamber in what some might characterize as a congressional hissy fit and aired his grievances to reporters: