As Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) travels to California to hold a forum at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Democrats are hitting back at his trip by highlighting comments from former GOP leaders saying the party is out of touch.

The Democratic National Committee is pointing to discrepancies in Paul's record with the record of former President Reagan ahead of Paul's forum Friday afternoon in Simi Valley, Calif.

Michael Czin, the national press secretary for the DNC, was quick to bring up comments from former GOP leaders Bob Dole, John Warner, and Olympia Snowe earlier this week that lashed out at the current state of the Republican Party.

It serves as a preemptive attack on Paul, who has stirred speculation about a presidential run in 2016. During his trip, Paul also met with Google, Facebook, and eBay executives in Silicon Valley, and he delivered a speech at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.

"The sad fact is that there is no room in today’s Tea Party-run GOP for a Republican like Reagan," Czin told Business Insider.

"Today Ronald Reagan wouldn’t be able to win his Party’s nomination for President. On issue after issue important to middle class Americans, Paul and Reagan are on opposite sides."

Some of the issues the DNC points to: