GOP presidential hopeful and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul took to Twitter on Wednesday to respond to the White House's recent suggestion that Republican front-runner Donald Trump be disqualified from running.

That "Donald Trump disqualification" proposal came Tuesday afternoon from White House press secretary Josh Earnest. "What Donald Trump said yesterday disqualifies him from serving as president," claimed Earnest in reference to the real estate mogul's Monday proposal to ban all Muslims from entering the United States.

Earnest continued: "And any Republican who's too fearful of the Republican base to admit it has no business serving as president either."

Whether Paul was more offended by the press secretary's suggestion that members of the GOP are "fearful" of their own party or by his call to deem