Rand Paul is not going to take insults from the Republican Partys hawkish senators lying down. During a Tuesday morning appearance on Fox News, the GOP presidential candidate blasted Sens. Lindsey Graham and John McCain as lapdogs for President Barack Obamas policies. On Monday morning, Sen. Graham told Morning Joe that Paul is more wrong than right on foreign policy, and that even Obama is stronger than the libertarian-leaning senator when it comes to dealing with threats abroad. The U.S. Senator from South Carolina accused Sen. Paul of wanting to lead from behind on global issues. Additionally, Sen. McCain Grahams best friend for life charged that Paul just doesnt understand foreign policy.
Paul fired back at both senators during an interview with Foxs Bill Hemmer:
This comes from a group of people wrong about every policy issue over the last couple decades. Ill give you a couple examples where they support the presidents foreign policy and I dont: They supported Hillary Clintons war in Libya; they supported President Obamas bombing of Assad; they also support President Obamas foreign aid to countries that hate us. So if there is anyone who is most opposed to President Obamas foreign policy, its me. People who call loudest to criticize me are great proponents of President Obamas foreign policy they just want to do it ten times over. Im only one actually standing up and saying the war in Libya was a mistake; the bombing of Assad would make ISIS stronger; the arms to the Islamic rebels would make ISIS stronger. So Im really the one standing up to President Obama. And these people are essentially the lapdogs for President Obama and I think theyre sensitive about that. Click for Full Text!