Rand Paul contrasts himself with Marco Rubio: 'I show up for work'

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Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) sharply criticized his colleague and fellow presidential hopeful Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) in an interview Sunday on CNN's State of the Union. He harped on Rubio's absence from the Senate on Friday, when the chamber passed a $1.1 trillion spending bill.

"The difference between Marco Rubio and I is I show up for work," Paul said. "He's missed about a third to a half of his votes this year," Paul said. "We had the biggest vote of the whole year, voting on a trillion dollars' worth of spending, and he didn’t show up."

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Watch Paul's full interview below. Julie Kliegman

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.