Rand Paul: 'War hawk' Hillary Clinton would have trouble against me in 2016

Rand Paul: 'War hawk' Hillary Clinton would have trouble against me in 2016

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) says he would fare well against Hillary Clinton in a prospective 2016 matchup by attracting plenty of left-leaning voters leery of Clinton's "gung-ho" hawkish tendencies.

In an interview with Meet the Press, Paul says Americans are "coming more and more to where I am," with respect to foreign policy. "I think that's what scares Democrats the most," he says, "is that in a general election — were I to run — there's going to be a lot of independents and even some Democrats who say, 'You know what? We are tired of war.'"

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Jon Terbush

Jon Terbush is an associate editor at TheWeek.com covering politics, sports, and other things he finds interesting. He has previously written for Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, and Business Insider.