Paul criticized the administration for a lack of transparency. Paul: 'I wanted to like' Obama

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) says there were parts of President Barack Obama that he wanted to like but that the White House has disappointed him with a “culture of corruption.”

Talking with Sean Hannity on his Fox News show Tuesday night, Paul criticized the administration for a lack of transparency.


“I’ve been kind of disappointed because I honestly, there were certain aspects of President Obama that I wanted to like,” Paul said. “I wanted to see a president who was truly liberal, who I couldn’t have voted for, but I wanted to see a good liberal who would defend the First Amendment, who would defend transparency, who wouldn’t be targeting the press or targeting political enemies … and now we have this whole culture of corruption where we’ve got these secret email accounts.”

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Paul said that if he were in the audience when Obama speaks about transparency, he “would stand up and cheer” at what Obama says, but recent scandals make it hard to believe.

“I think what’s happening is these constellation of scandals, one after another, Benghazi, the IRS, the reporters that he’s targeted, I guess he’s losing. And to me, he’s losing that moral authority, the moral authority to lead the nation. And even though he sounds so great, I want to believe what he says, he’s losing that believability to the American public,” Paul said.