Maddow blog: Why Rand Paul can’t explain his support for the sabotage letter
When 47 Senate Republicans sent a letter to Iran in the hopes of sabotaging international nuclear talks, it was a bit of a surprise to see Sen. Rand Paul’s (R-Ky.) name on the list. Given his ideology and purported beliefs, it looked as if he’d fallen in with a strange crowd – filled with colleagues he disagrees with.
The day the letter went public, Glenn Greenwald, who has at times been complimentary towards the senator on matters related to the national security state, highlighted the surprising fact that Rand Paul “is part of the GOP campaign to threaten to undo a US/Iran deal on behalf of Israel.”
The Kentucky Republican has been struggling ever since.
A few days after the letter went public, Paul told Matt Lauer that he signed on to the sabotage letter because he wanted to “strengthen the president’s hand.” When the “Today” host seemed incredulous, the GOP presidential candidate struggled to respond.
Several days later, at the SXSW conference in Austin, Paul repeated the bizarre line, saying he signed the letter intended to undermine the president’s negotiating position “because I want the president to negotiate from a position of strength.”
It’s been two weeks, and the unannounced presidential candidate apparently can’t think of a more coherent explanation.
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http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/why-rand-paul-cant-explain-his-support-the-sabotage-letter?cid=eml_mra_20150321
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