Rand Paul exposed another element of Hillary Clinton’s hypocrisy on women’s issues last week.
In multiple interviews Friday, the Kentucky Republican urged Clinton to return money donated to the Clinton Foundation by nations whose policies contribute to the “war on women.”
“I am calling for Hillary Clinton to return the money to Saudi Arabia, to Brunei, to the United Arab Emirates,” Paul told the Associated Press while in New Hampshire. “All of these countries appear to have a war on women.”
He went on to list examples of how such countries have demonstrated their stances against women’s rights.
“These are countries with policies that are horrific toward women’s rights and I think it is unconscionable that Hillary Clinton is accepting donations from them,” Paul declared.
The Clinton Foundation has been under plenty of scrutiny in recent weeks after it was reported that the organization has accepted millions of dollars from foreign governments since its conception. In fact, more than half of those that have given over $5 million to the foundation are foreign donors.
During a telephone interview with Politico Friday, Paul labeled the foreign contributions to the Clinton Foundation “thinly veiled bribes.”
“The normal Clinton response is to cover up, deny, refuse to acknowledge,” explained the senator and likely GOP presidential candidate. “But the question is whether the country will rise up and respond to the unseemly nature of accepting foreign donations.”
He once again suggested that Clinton’s acceptance of donations from countries that suppress women’s rights is hypocritical.
“In countries that stone people to death for adultery and imprison people for adultery, this is the kind of thing you would think someone for women’s rights would be standing up against, instead of accepting thinly veiled bribes,” said Paul.
The Kentucky Republican has been endlessly critical of Clinton, undoubtedly because she stands out as his Democratic competition ahead of the 2016 presidential race.
For instance, Paul quite dramatically called on Hillary to “permanently retire” during his remarks at the Conservative Political Action Conference last month.
