Peter King: ‘Rand Paul Should Be a Leading Contender for the Democratic Nomination’

KING: ““I think Rand Paul should be a leading contender for the Democratic nomination for president. I mean, this is the classic, liberal, left wing, anti-Bush, anti-Republican type of propaganda spewed over the years. Rand Paul does not belong in the Republican Party when he carries that message. You can have honest differences of what should be done in Iraq or Syria. To say it was Republican or Republican policies, Lindsey Graham or John McCain that caused the growth in ISIS -- that’s totally untrue. The fact is ISIS as it was -- was basically destroyed by end of 2008. And Rand Paul should know that. Why he’s playing this game -- whether NSA or whether it’s ISIS or whatever. He’s an isolationist. He belongs back in the 1930s with the Charles Lindbergh types. And right now, he belongs with civil liberties union and the people on the left who oppose strong security measures. For him to so misread ISIS shows to me that he’s totally unqualified to be commander-in-chief.”