'I think we are winning in the sense that the public is with us,' Paul says. | AP Photos Paul: 'We are winning' like Sheen

Sen. Rand Paul said Thursday that Republicans are like Charlie Sheen and are actually “winning” despite criticisms this week of party disarray over a budget strategy that would defund Obamacare, according to reports.

“Does anybody remember Charlie Sheen when he was kind of going crazy…And he was going around, jumping around saying ‘Winning, winning, we’re winning,’” Paul (R-Ky.) said, according to an MSNBC report. “Well I kind of feel like that, we are winning. And I’m not on any drugs.”


Paul’s comments, which were from an appearance before an audience of the Liberty Political Action Committee in Virginia, come after a week of Republicans sparring over whether to move ahead with a resolution proposal that would also seek to defund Obamacare. However, Paul ensures that the party has the public’s support on a variety of issues.

“I think we are winning in the sense that the public is with us, it’s just not us, the remnants or the hard core, but I think the public is, in general, with us on these issues,” Paul said.

Paul also fueled the growing 2016 speculation by taking a swipe at former Sec. of State Hillary Clinton.

“Who is probably the least likely to protect your privacy among Democrats? Hillary Clinton,” Paul said when talking about the potential for the Republicans to “dominate” by becoming “the party that doesn’t believe in big government surveillance”.