Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., charged Thursday that hatred for President Trump that members of the Senate now seem more willing to risk rising tensions with Russia than to allow the Trump administration to continue diplomatic efforts with President Vladimir Putin.

"Trump Derangement Syndrome has officially come to the Senate," Paul declared on the Senate floor as he objected to a resolution calling for tighter sanctions against Russia.

"The hatred for the president is so intense, that partisans would rather risk war than give diplomacy a chance," Paul said.

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"Nobody is saying or excusing Russia's meddling in our elections. Absolutely, we should protect the integrity of our elections," he said. "But simply bringing the hatred of the president to the Senate floor in order to say, 'We're done with diplomacy, we're going to add more sanctions and more sanctions...'"

Paul said he would prefer that Trump's ongoing diplomatic efforts continue with Russia, and noted that President Ronald Reagan sat down with Russia, which showed that channels of discussion were valuable even during the Cold War.

He also said diplomacy with Russia doesn't have to mean the U.S. can't press Russia to stop its election interference.

"We should stand firm and say, 'Stay the hell out of our elections,' but we should not stick our head in the ground and say we're not going to talk to them," Paul said.

"I would like to see the Russians help more with North Korea with denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula," he argued. "We're not going to have it if we just simply heap more sanctions on and say we're not going to talk to the Russians, and anybody that talks to the Russians has committed treason."

"This has gotta stop," he said. "This is crazy hatred of the president. This is crazy partisanship that is driving this."

Paul was objecting to a resolution raised by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., that called on Russia to stop interfering in U.S. elections and for the Trump administration impose sanctions against Russia that Congress has approved.

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Sanders said the resolution has "nothing to do with ending diplomacy," but Paul's objection was enough to block Sanders' effort to quickly call up his language and pass it.