Rand Paul: 'Hyperbole' to Suggest Some 'Secretly Want' an Attack
"I think sometimes in the heat of battle, hyperbole can get the better of anyone."
As Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) pushed the Patriot Act to the brink Sunday evening, he may have gone a little too far with his fiery rhetoric — even by his own standards.
On “America’s Newsroom” Monday morning, Paul joined Fox News’ Bill Hemmer to discuss the expiration of the NSA’s data collection program and the Senator’s battle with much of his own party. Hemmer asked Paul to clarify one of the comments he made, in which the Senator suggested some of his opponents, including some GOP rivals and the President, “secretly want there to be an attack on the United States so they can blame it on me.”
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