J.C. Watts: Rand Paul Is Doing What I’ve Been Telling Republicans To Do for 20 Years

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DIAZ-BALART: "Joining me now is former congressman J.C. Watts. What a pleasure to see you." 
WATTS: "How are you?" 
DIAZ-BALART: "Good, listen, Senator Paul calls himself a different kind of Republican. How do you think he is different?" 
WATTS: "Well, I think he is different, Jose. I think he wants to do the right thing. He wants to have the right perspective, and I think he's obviously right on taxes. He's right on education. I think what he's tried to do in terms of health care, but I think he's been a different kind of Republican in terms of I think growing the party. I have had over the last two years encourage him to go to Ferguson. We set up meetings for him in Detroit, Chicago and other places around the country to talk about issues that I think impacts different communities. He's done that, he's done it consistently. He's been sincere about it. This is where he separated himself for most Republicans. He hasn't been afraid of getting voted off the island for talking about these issues. So if he's going to do that, do what I wanted Republicans to do for over 20 years now, I think he deserves my support." 
DIAZ-BALART: "And as you saw just a few minutes ago, we showed an ad where some conservatives are saying he's completely wrong on foreign policy. Iran, for example, being a big one." 
WATTS: "Well, Jose, we will see in those ads whether they confirm what my dad used to say to me when he would say dogs don't bark at parked cars. I think that tells you right off the bat that I think Rand Paul is connected. In terms of Iran, he was one of the 47 senators that signed the letter to Iran saying that we will scrutinize it, we will not support anything. He has said negotiate, for him to say that we shouldn't be afraid to negotiate is about like a minister saying I'm not going to forgive. I think we should always be willing to sit down and listen. At the end of the day, the devil is always in the detail, but he's not saying that Iran should have a nuclear weapon, that we should be supportive of them having a nuclear weapon. My position would be don't trust and verify, verify and then trust. And I don't think we have done that in this Iran situation."