Schumer: Rand Paul’s a Hypocrite for Attacking Spending Bill While Supporting Tax Cuts

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SCHUMER: "I think Rand Paul is a very fine man and I think his beliefs are genuine and sincere and he has a large amount of courage to go forward when no one else will. But his idea of railing against the deficit on this bipartisan deal after he supported a $1.5 trillion increase in the deficit for tax cut, 80 percent of which by the calculations that I’ve seen are aimed at the top one percent ring very hollow. Had Rand Paul voted against that tax bill, because it would increase the deficit by such a large amount, he would have every right — he still has the right, but he would have the benefit of the argument when he stood on the floor and railed against this bill which increased the deficit maybe by another $300 billion. But you can't — if you’re a deficit hawk, you’ve got to be a deficit hawk all the way through. You can’t just pick an issue and say, 'I’m a deficit hawk on the military but not on domestic spending,' or vice versa."