Rand Paul responds to the latest scandals plaguing the White House and worries that Obama will treat these issues like he has treated Benghazi, holding no one really accountable for their crimes. He says that he believes Obama is drunk on his own power:
I think of what Lincoln said. He said…if you really want to test a man give him power.
I think in that sense the president is failing that test of power because he has extraordinary power and he’s supposed to be able to be wise enough to restrain himself.
But he’s using the power of government to investigate his enemies. He’s tapping the phones of the press. And it turns out last year he signed legislation that allows him to detain an American without a trial and send them to Guantanamo Bay.
This sounds like a president somewhat drunk on power – not cautious about how he uses his power.
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