Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton sent a signed copy of her memoir Hard Choices to several of the major Republican presidential candidates. Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul responded by signing the book with a message for Clinton and auctioning the memoir on eBay.
“Hillary, you refused to provide security for our mission in Benghazi,” Paul wrote. “Should forever preclude you from higher office! Rand Paul.”
The book signed by Paul and Clinton has already received several bids online, in excess of $300 as of press time.
Clinton first delivered the book to the presidential candidates with a letter stating that she thought the candidates may want to read the book since they had questioned her record during the most recent presidential debate.
“From working to restore America’s standing in the world to bringing crippling sanctions to Iran to negotiating a ceasefire in Gaza, please enjoy all 596 pages of my time as secretary of state,” Clinton wrote. “With 15 candidates in the race, you’ve got enough people for a book club.”
Clinton’s team addressed the books to each of the candidates using their full name and middle initial. The book sent to Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal was sent to “Piyush Jindal,” which is the governor’s birth name. He responded on Twitter by imploring Clinton to watch the undercover videos showing biomedical clinics offering to compensate Planned Parenthood for aborted fetal organs.
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz also responded on Twitter by saying he would send Clinton a copy of his book.
Each of the major Republican candidates received the book with the lone exception of former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore, CNN reported, as he did not appear in the second Republican presidential debate on CNN.
