Rand Paul remains oddly calm for a senator who just got snubbed from a White House lunch. But he has the relief of finally saying what everyone in his party whispers behind closed doors: The GOP is terrified of Donald Trump, and cowardice has replaced conviction.
The Kentucky senator is often seen as the libertarian conscience of the Republican Party. In a candid conversation with POLITICO’s Dasha Burns, Paul tore into his colleagues for their “rubber-stamp” obedience to Trump. Speaking just hours after being left off the guest list for Trump’s Rose Garden luncheon, he called out the quiet fear running through the GOP ranks.
