Rand Paul: The President Doesn’t Get To Write Legislation, It’s Illegal And Unconstitutional

Published on Aug 13, 2013

Senator Rand Paul joined America’s Newsroom and railed against Hillary Clinton’s handling of the Benghazi attack, saying it should preclude her from holding higher office.

“I think her decision making process with regards to Benghazi should preclude her from holding high office because really it’s not so much what happened at the time of the attacks. For six months leading up to the attack, they ask and they ask and they pleaded for more security and she says, ‘Oh I never read the cables.’ The problem with that is that’s her job,” Paul said.

Paul also reacted to President Obama’s accusations that the GOP was fixated on preventing 30 million Americans from receiving health care. Paul said, “I think we all want more people to have insurance. What my fear is is that he’s going to make insurance so expensive that the people who currently have insurance may lose their insurance.”

The senator sounded off on reports that another provision of ObamaCare would be delayed, blasting the president for changes laws without Congress’ approval.

“The president doesn’t get to write legislation, and it’s illegal and unconstitutional for him to try and change legislation by himself,” he said.