Rand: Trump Is the Worst Choice on the GOP Side; ‘It’s More About Power with Him’

PAUL “There is nothing about Donald Trump that is consistent with limited government philosophy. I think what his pitch to voters is he has been a successful business man which is actually debatable sometimes. But he is a successful rich guy, so give him power and he'll fix things. Many of us from the limited government tradition -- we believe that power is a corrupting influence and that we want to limit power, Republican or Democrat. We think the presidency has grown in power for 100 years, not just President Obama but really from Woodrow Wilson on, power and power has gravitated to the executive branch and Congress' has become weaker and weaker. We think the checks and balances have gotten out of balance. We don't see someone like Donald Trump fixing that, we see someone like Donald Trump being an unknown factor who actually might make government bigger.”

CUOMO: “Do you think Trump is the worst choice on the GOP slate?”

PAUL: “Yeah. Because I think he -- there is a narcissism about him that believes that he can fix things and he just needs power. But I have no idea if that is going to be consistent with balancing budgets, making government smaller. I think it is more about power with him and that worries me because I don't know exactly what his philosophy is other than him first is his philosophy.”