Last week, Jeb Bush declared NSA spying “the best part of the Obama administration”– so you knew it was only a matter of time before Rand Paul had something to say about that.
Paul unleashed a barrage of tweets aimed directly at Jeb on Friday:
The best thing Obama has done? His illegal NSA spying program is one of the worst! RT if you agree, then click here: https://t.co/hQRC3BRs3S
— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) April 25, 2015
I would say the best part of the Obama administration is when it’s over and Barack Obama can do no more damage to the country. (2/8)
— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) April 25, 2015
Sadly, one GOP candidate thinks the NSA’s violation of your rights is “very important.” Tell him, he’s wrong: https://t.co/ff2cEoeE1C
— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) April 25, 2015
Paul tweeted well over a dozen references to Bush’s comments over the course of the day, urging his followers to donate to his campaign if they “agree the NSA’s illegal domestic spying program was one of the WORST parts of the Obama administration.”
Candidates who back the surveillance state can always count on the big bucks from the Washington Machine. (5/8)
— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) April 25, 2015
He reiterated his campaign promise to stop the NSA on day one of his presidency, tweeting that he would “immediately end all illegal domestic spying programs.”
Bush is Paul’s second punching-bag this week: a few days earlier he got into it with Lindsey Graham, after Graham called him “the worst chance of anybody to make a case against Barack Obama’s foreign policy.”
“Our Founding Fathers would be mortified” by the NSA, Paul said in response, after slyly dissing “one unapologetic senator who I’ve had a few rounds with.”
