Chris Hayes vs. Rand Paul: If Your Concern Is The Debt and Deficit Why Did You Vote For The Tax Cut?

In an interview Thursday night, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) told MSNBC host Chris Hayes if there is any hypocrisy it is on the Democrats because they were against the tax cut while consistently being for spending. Paul said he is against the continuing resolution that would prevent a government shutdown primarily for spending reasons, not DACA.





CHRIS HAYES, MSNBC: You conflated the two again. I just want to be clear. You're a smart enough man to know that the vote you're casting, you said yeah, I wanted to get caps on spending and I only got four votes, et cetera. You're a smart enough individual, you've been there a long enough time, your father was a member of Congress, to know that that vote was functionally a vote to increase the deficit and debt, and if that's the primary thing that you're worried about, then why did you vote yes.



SEN. RAND PAUL (R-KY): No, I think that's an opinion. I care about the debt as much or more than anybody. And really I would say if there is hypocrisy it's on the side of Democrats who are against the tax cut because it would increase the debt but have never one day in their lives voted against any spending. They are on half of the ledger, they are against tax cuts but they are not against any of the spending, and really, overall what drives it, if you didn't cut taxes at all, we're still in debt because of excess spending.





