Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) continued the debate between him and Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) on Friday’s “Kelly File” on the Fox News Channel, saying that he thought Rubio’s comments were “rude and intemperate” and that “I never start a fight, but I’m happy to finish a fight.”
“Oh, you know, I never start a fight but I’m happy to finish a fight. I think the remarks were a little bit rude and intemperate…I didn’t start this, Shannon, you know. But what I would say is that the remarks were intemperate and rude, and so we responded to them. But I would say I don’t doubt his sincerity, but I don’t think a policy of isolationism really has worked with regard to Cuba. We’ve isolated, we haven’t traded, we haven’t had diplomatic relations and the Castros have remained in power for 50 years and yet we trade with China, we trade with Vietnam, we trade with Laos, we trade with a host of countries that don’t have perfect human rights records, and yet we don’t trade with Cuba. I think maybe trade might loosen things up and might also help to topple the Castros” he stated.
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