Rand Paul: Let’s Trade Hillary Clinton, John Kerry Instead Of Taliban Prisoners

U.S. Senator Rand Paul from Kentucky gives the keynote speech to the delegates of the Texas GOP Convention in Fort Worth, Texas Friday June 6, 2014.(AP Photo/Rex C. Curry)
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Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) joked Friday that instead of releasing five Taliban detainees to secure the release of a U.S. solider, President Barack Obama should hand over Democrats to seal the deal.

“Mr. President, you love to trade people,” Paul said at the Texas GOP Convention in Fort Worth, as quoted by Politico. “Why don’t we set up a trade? But this time, instead of five Taliban, how about five Democrats?” he joked. “I’m thinking John Kerry, Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi …”

The Kentucky Republican referenced a U.S. Marine being detained in Mexico when he made his proposal, according to Politico.

Humor aside, Paul condemned the deal that freed Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl for its legal and national security implications.

“I don’t know about y’all, but I’ve been a little bit annoyed with the president,” he said, as quoted by Politico. “Releasing five Taliban senior officials is not only against the law, it’s illegal and wrong and he should never have done it.”

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  1. Classic Republican humor. It doesn’t even make sense. There’s no ironic twist or clever word use or anything to really qualify it as a joke. It’s just an asshole statement that amuses other assholes – like I said, Republican humor.

  2. Hey, Buddha, let’s trade you, Ted Cruz and Antonin Scalia … since you Republicans and Taliban share such similar beliefs and are superior to Dems, they should be satisfied lol

  3. He’s fucking juvenile.

    And this idiot is a US Senator.
    They sure don’t make 'em like they used to…
    Good luck running for President with that kind of lofty rhetoric…pissant. Disgusting!

  4. The Aqua Budha showing off his rapier wit . . .

  5. Not ready for prime time. Not ready for 8th grade, really.

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