president trump didn t even take part in perhaps the nastiest political fight on twitter when senator rand paul criticized congresswoman liz cheney over her support for, quote, endless wars and accused her of not being supportive enough of pulling u.s. troops out of afghanistan. cheney tweeted back calling paul, quote, a big loser whose motto is terrorists first. joining me from kentucky, senator rand paul. you re also author of the case against socialism which comes out next month. congratulations on that. we ll have you back to talk about it. i want to start with this feud between you and congresswoman cheney. i assume you think this is about more and about something more important than just two members of congress bickering. no, i think this is a big issue, whether or not we should stay in afghanistan. i can t meet a general who can clearly tell me what our national security interest is in afghanistan. most of the military, over 60%
uglier when cheney breathed new life into a 2015 tweet from trump, himself, calling paul who was then his republican presidential rival, a spoiled brat without a properly functioning brain. cheney piled on, tweeting, no truer words were ever spoken. adding, hi, rand paul, i know the 2016 race was painful for you since you were such a big loser then and now. with a dismal 4.5% in iowa. no surprise since your motto seems to be terrorists first, america second. paul swiped back, tweeting, hey, liz cheney, i feel like you just might be mad still about when candidate trump shredded your dad s failed foreign policy and endless wars. just a few minutes later cheney again, weeird, i don t see you on stage here, rand paul. oh, right, my bad, you had already lost. she added #weirdrand.