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Rand Paul: “If you're in favor of World War III, you have your candidate. You know, here is the thing. My goodness, what we want in…”

On the recordDecember 15, 2015
If you're in favor of World War III, you have your candidate. You know, here is the thing. My goodness, what we want in a leader is someone with judgment. Not someone who is so reckless as to stand on the stage and say, yes, I'm jumping up and down. I'm going to shoot down Russian planes.
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Rand Paul
Republican · Kentucky

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Rand Paul criticizes a candidate's reckless rhetoric regarding military action.

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