Paul: Clinton ‘Can’t Be A Champion of Women’s Rights’ With Husband’s Affairs

Rand Paul makes a point during a Republican presidential primary debate, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
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Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said at Thursday’s Fox News debate that he didn’t think Hillary Clinton was “responsible” for her husband’s sex scandals, but argued that she “can’t be a champion of women’s rights at the same time she’s got this that is always lurking out there — this type of behavior.”

Asked by Megyn Kelly if one should “hold the sins of the husband against the wife” in regards to Bill Clinton’s conduct, Paul insisted he never brings the topic up unless he is asked about it, and said he wouldn’t “blame Hillary Clinton at all for this.”

And yet …

“I do think the position promoting women’s rights and fairness to women in the workplace, that if what Bill Clinton did–any CEO in our country did–with an intern, with a 22-year-old, 21-year-old intern in their office, they would be fired. They would never be hired again,” Paul said, adding that they would be “shunned by their community.”

“And the thing is, she can’t be a champion of women’s rights at the same time she’s got this that is always lurking out there — this type of behavior. So it is difficult,” he said.

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