Rep. Peter King Doubles Down on Criticizing Rand Paul’s ‘Isolationism’

‘He’s resorting to fear. He’s appealing to the lowest common denominator’

KING: “Take the NSA. I strongly support what the NSA is doing. We can have honest differences about what their policies are, but what Rand Paul is creating is hysteria. When Rand Paul is comparing General Clapper to Snowden, saying Clapper belongs in jail with Snowden, talking about how all phone calls are being listened to, creating this paranoia among Americans that the NSA is spying on everyone. The fact is, he has not been able to cite one abuse by the NSA. The president's commission couldn't cite one abuse. The president said there has been no abuses and he said the intelligence they gather is absolutely essential. Has Rand Paul ever said that the NSA is not listening to anybody's phone calls? He never says that. He creates this illusion that there's spying going on.”
SCARBOROUGH: “Why do you think -- you believe he's misleading Americans. Why do you think he would do that?”
KING: “The same reason he was saying he was worried about the CIA using drones to kill Americans in Starbucks. He is playing on some sort of libertarian scaremonger and isolationism, and rather than using intelligent arguments as people could well do, he's resorting to fear. He's appealing to the lowest common denominator, and I find that very offensive."

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