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Grimes: Paul can’t run for Senate and president at the same time – Video
Grimes: Paul can #39;t run for Senate and president at the same time
Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes intends to fight Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., if he chooses to run for Senate and the presidency at the same time.
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Marco Rubio tears into Rand Paul over support for Cuba policy shift – Video
Marco Rubio tears into Rand Paul over support for Cuba policy shift
Marco Rubio tears into Rand Paul over support for Cuba policy shift Subscribe My Channel! .Paul has placed himself at odds with several possible Republican presidential challengers, including...
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Rubio: Rand Paul taking his cues from Obama on Cuba
From left to right, Sens. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, and Rand Paul, R-Kentucky Getty
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, fired back late Friday after Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, criticized his stance on Cuba as "isolationist," accusing Paul of embracing President Obama's decision to normalize U.S.-Cuba relations after more than 50 years of disengagement.
"He just basically repeated the talking points of the president," Rubio said about Paul on Mark Levin's radio show. "And that's fine, he has every right to support the president's foreign policy if that's what he wants to line up with. But I'm telling you it isn't going to work. This notion that somehow by doing this there's going to be change in Cuba is just not true."
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Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, says the changes to the U.S.-Cuba relationship announced by President Obama are a concession to tyranny.
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Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, voices support for President Obama's decision to normalize relations with Cuba, saying the decades-old U.S. embargo a...
After Mr. Obama announced the resumption of diplomatic relations with Cuba Wednesday, Rubio, a son of Cuban immigrants, savaged the decision as a concession to tyranny, and he vowed to do everything he can in the Senate to block efforts to lift the Cuban embargo.
"Appeasing the Castro brothers will only cause other tyrants from Caracas to Tehran to Pyongyang to see that they can take advantage of President Obama's naivet during his final two years in office," Rubio said.
Paul, though, voiced support for the president's move, saying the move to normalize relations with Cuba "is probably a good idea."
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Marco Rubio vs. Rand Paul: Who's winning GOP Cuba policy smackdown? (+video)
Washington Its the intramural D.C. squabble that blew up as quickly as an ocean rain squall: the Marco Rubio vs. Rand Paul Cuba Smackdown of 2014.
Why are two Republican senators, both probable presidential contenders, fighting over President Obamas decision to reopen relations with communist Cuba? Like lots of things in official Washington, its complicated. There are both personal and political reasons for the fight.
One thing is sure: Its bitter.
Kentucky Senator Paul doesnt know what hes talking about, says Senator Rubio.
Rubio is an isolationist who wants to retreat to our borders and perhaps build a moat, charges Paul.
Lets start with Rubios side of things. The Florida lawmaker and son of Cuban immigrants has been the face of GOP opposition to Mr. Obamas surprise Cuba move. Hes arguing that the United States will receive nothing for loosening travel restrictions and establishing other means of contact with Havana. The Castro regime will remain in place, its grip on power unaffected.
Its an issue that Rubio obviously cares deeply about. Its also historically very important to his state, where conservative Cuban-Americans have long been a powerful political bloc.
I dont care if the polls show that 99 percent of people believe we should normalize relations in Cuba. Id still believe that before we can normalize relations in Cuba, democracy has to come first, or at least significant steps towards democracy, Rubio said Wednesday.
Paul, for his part, is trying to carve out a niche as a Republican presidential contender with a different kind of foreign policy position. If theres a word that sums it up, its non-interventionist. Hes been skeptical of the virtue of deploying US power overseas in the past.
So he came out mildly in favor of the presidents actions. He said in a radio interview earlier this week that Obamas Cuba opening was probably a good idea and that the 60-year-old US embargo on trading with Cuba hasnt been effective.
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