Rand Paul Has No Comment On Whether Obama ‘Loves America’

In this photo taken Feb. 10, 2015, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. speaks in his office on Capitol Hill in Washington. As Paul eyes a presidential race, he may face questions about several dubious or refuted statements he has ... In this photo taken Feb. 10, 2015, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. speaks in his office on Capitol Hill in Washington. As Paul eyes a presidential race, he may face questions about several dubious or refuted statements he has made. The topics include vaccine safety, aid to Israel, his college degree and a fellow senator's visit to Syria. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) MORE LESS
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Update: Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) told radio station WAVE it was a “mistake” to question the President’s “motives.”

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) had no comment on former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s (R) doubting that President Barack Obama “loves America,” Paul adviser Doug Stafford told TPM on Friday.

As Giuliani made the media rounds Thursday to expand on his comments about the President — even doubling down on them at times — the former mayor’s original sentiment became the latest litmus test for potential 2016 Republican presidential contenders.

The last issue that had GOP presidential hopefuls jumping to stake out a public position was vaccine mandates. Paul repeatedly clarified that he supports vaccines after originally stating that he thought vaccines ought to be “voluntary” and have anecdotally left children with “profound mental disorders.”

But Paul was not ready to jump into the latest debate.

“Don’t have a comment,” Stafford said in an email to TPM on Friday. “Thanks.”

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  1. OHBUMMEr didN"t have THe pleaSURE of grOWIng up a BLACK male AMerican , HAving been RAISEd IN HAWAian madrassas, SO of COUrse he hatES AMerica!1!!!one!!!

  2. Follow up question: Do you think President Reagan loved America? What about other recent Presidents?

  3. I guess the Koch brothers don’t have any of these guys on the payroll for their courage. And what a sad indictment of the modern Republican party that saying “Of course the President loves America” would somehow be seen as courageous in the GOP these days. What a pathetic dismal party it has become. Dogs all over America are cocking their heads to the side wondering where all those whistles are coming from.

  4. Not another GOP “punter”??

    And speaking of vaccines and slightly off topic, Our favorite hog-balls detach-er, has now weighed in:

    “Unbelievably sad.”That was the subject line of an email a
    colleague sent me last week. In it, she forwarded a link to a story that
    had Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst telling a Des Moines radio host
    that Congress should outlaw vaccines because they “manipulate brains.”

    http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/leonard-pitts-jr/article10553717.html

  5. These retards must think Obama will run again. I’m embarrassed for all of them.

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