The Republican presidential candidate spent his entire Tuesday livestreaming his campaign in Iowa over Periscope. (AP) Paul: I wouldn't be doing this 'dumbass livestreaming' if I wasn't still running

Rand Paul has a simple answer for if he is still running for president: Yes, and I "wouldn't be doing this dumbass livestreaming if I weren't."

The Republican presidential candidate, who spent his entire Tuesday livestreaming his campaign in Iowa over Periscope, read a few Google searches about him in a video posted to YouTube that made the rounds on Twitter Wednesday morning.


"The third question, most popular question from Google is, is Rand Paul running for president? And uh, I don't know. Wouldn't be doing this dumbass livestreaming if I weren't. So yes, I still am running for president. Get over it," he said.

The next question he read: "Where is Rand Paul in the polls?"

"This is not live, we can't edit this, right?" Paul asked with a smirk.

A spokesman for Paul's campaign said that the context of the remark was that he was reading mean tweets and taking other questions and was being "playful and trying to make a joke."

The campaign is also selling a $20 T-shirt "I Watched Rand Paul's Livestream and All I Got Was This Dumbass T-Shirt."

"It's like going on vacation with your parents," the description says.