Paul says he's tired of being GOP's 'whipping boy' |
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said he was tired of always being the Republican Party’s “whipping boy” and of his colleagues wanting him “to do their job for them.”
In a Friday episode of Politico’s “The Conversation with Dasha Burns,” the Republican senator said his colleagues have asked him to tell President Trump that they won’t push forward a presidential nominee, seemingly in reference to Paul Ingrassia, Trump’s former nominee for the Office of Special Counsel.
“They say, ‘Oh, well, you’re not afraid of the president. You go tell him his nominee can’t make it,’” Paul told journalist Dasha Burns. “So, I’m just tired of always being the whipping boy. I’m tired........