Rand Paul Tears into CNBC Anchor: ‘Try a Little Objectivity’

Rand Paul Tears into CNBC Anchor : ‘Try a Little Objectivity’ (Mediaite)

Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) showed his impassioned side Monday afternoon during a heated interview with CNBC anchor Kelly Evans on forced vaccinations, a bipartisan corporate tax holiday bill, and accusations of “conflict of interest.”

From the beginning of the interview, it became clear Evans was ready to pounce on the senator for a variety of issues. She began with his Monday morning remarks to Laura Ingraham that most vaccines should be voluntary.

“Did you really just say [that]?” an incredulous Evans asked.

“I guess being for freedom would be really unusual,” the senator replied. “I guess I don’t understand the point of why that would be controversial?” When Evans insisted it was a problematic view to hold, given the recent instances of measles at Disney theme parks, Paul explained that he is not opposed to vaccines themselves, but to the idea that government must force everyone to take them. (An important distinction that gets lost in the conversation about actual anti-vaccine “truthers.”)

“I’m a big fan,” Paul said of vaccinations, “but for most of our history they have been voluntary.”