MSNBC host Joe Scarborough on Monday slammed Sen. Rand Paul Randal (Rand) Howard PaulRand Paul says he can't judge 'guilt or innocence' in Breonna Taylor case Overnight Health Care: Health officials tell public to trust in science | Despair at CDC under Trump influence | A new vaccine phase 3 trial starts Health officials tell public to trust in science MORE (R-Ky.) for asking President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Romney: 'Unthinkable and unacceptable' to not commit to peaceful transition of power Two Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor grand jury protests MORE to revoke the security clearance of former CIA Director John Brennan John Owen BrennanJournalism or partisanship? The media's mistakes of 2016 continue in 2020 Comey on Clinton tweet: 'I regret only being involved in the 2016 election' Ex-CIA Director Brennan questioned for 8 hours in Durham review of Russia probe MORE.

Scarborough's comments on his "Morning Joe" show came after Paul tweeted that he would meet with Trump and ask the president to "revoke John Brennan’s security clearance!"

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Paul also wondered whether the former CIA director was "monetizing his security clearance" in a separate tweet.

Is John Brennan monetizing his security clearance? Is John Brennan making millions of dollars divulging secrets to the mainstream media with his attacks on @realDonaldTrump ? — Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) July 23, 2018

Paul's decision to target Brennan, a frequent Trump critic, was apparently in response to the former CIA director's assertion last week that Trump's remarks in Helsinki were "nothing short of treasonous."

Brennan frequently weighs in on the Trump administration with heavy-handed criticisms of the president.

Scarborough repeatedly called Paul's tweets "sad and pathetic," while slamming the senator for having become a supporter of Trump after criticizing the president during the 2016 campaign.

The TV host said Paul should be talking to the president about other matters than Brennan's security clearance.

"He’s got a chance to meet with the president of the United States and talk about Donald Trump adopting the KGB’s approach to NATO [or] kowtowing to Vladimir Putin," Scarborough said. "He can talk about so many things that most Americans are concerned about — about [Trump] undermining the FBI, the director of national intelligence, the CIA."

Scarborough then called Paul's turnaround in his support for Trump a "real tragedy."

"You go back and listen to some of the things that Rand Paul said about Trump during the debates and now you look at him now," Scarborough said. "It is a real tragedy."

"And yet he’s going — Rand Paul, the United States senator — is going to the White House to talk about John Brennan? How pathetic is that?" Scarborough continued.

Paul strongly criticized Trump during the 2016 campaign, even once calling him an "orange-faced windbag." But the two have become friendly and occasionally play golf together.

Paul was one of the only GOP defenders of Trump's performance during a joint press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin last week, during which Trump appeared to cast doubt on the intelligence community's conclusion that Russia interfered in the 2016 election.

Still, Paul has also broken with Trump, including coming out against the nomination of CIA Director Gina Haspel.