Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has made a habit of attacking Hillary Clinton as he positions himself for a 2016 presidential run, and he is turning up the heat after Republican spanked Democrats in the 2014 midterms.
The outcome wasn’t just a judgment of President Barack Obama — it was a “repudiation” of Clinton, too, Paul said Wednesday morning on CNN.
“I think it’s all good news. I think last night in Kentucky, we had a huge victory. And particularly in Kentucky, Iowa, Arkansas, this was not only a repudiation of the president, but I think really a repudiation of Hillary Clinton,” he said. “Everybody thought ‘Oh, hey, I’m going to be a Clinton Democrat.’ Turns out that’s not so popular in a lot of states either. And trying to separate this into Obama Democrats and Clinton Democrats really wasn’t a successful strategy for the Democrats yesterday.”
“The Clintons have long been represented as leaders of the Democrat Party,” Paul continued. “She’s said to be the front-runner for the nomination for their party. So really elections are about who the leadership is in a party and it’s about either accepting or rejecting those leaders. And, frankly, I think that yesterday was a repudiation of Hillary Clinton.”
Paul also took to social media to brand the losing Democratic candidates for whom Clinton campaigned as #HillarysLosers.
You didnt think it could get worse than your book tour? It did. Courtesy of the U.S. voters: https://t.co/kGAZVFq7ze pic.twitter.com/zABFStFM67
— Senator Rand Paul (@SenRandPaul) November 5, 2014
