Rep. King: Rand Paul Shut Down NSA to Fundraise for 2016 Campaign

Representative Peter King (R-Law Enforcement) took quite the shot at Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) last week over the latter’s filibuster of NSA powers, linking Paul to ISIS and Edward Snowden. He declined to moderate his position on Fox News Sunday this morning, arguing that Paul’s filibuster amounted to a fundraising stunt for his 2016 presidential campaign.

“What Rand Paul did was absolutely disgraceful,” King said. “99% of the Senate wanted the debate to go forward, Rand Paul actually wanted to shut down the NSA for several days, serving no purpose other than for him to use it to raise money for his presidential campaign.”

“To me, it violated his position as a Senator,” King said. “To use your one-person power to unilaterally shut it down, knowing it was going to reopen in several days, so all he was doing was hurting American security, at the same time asking people to send him contributions, that was shameful and disgraceful.”

Watch the clip below, via Fox News:

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