Rand Paul says it is sexist to claim that Hillary Clinton shouldn’t be treated as aggressively as a man

  The media has been trying to portray Rand Paul as a sexist, claiming that he has a “woman problem” in an attempt to revive the Republican war on women angle which has been successful in the past. Rand Paul is having none of it, he refuses to back down. While other Republican candidates have backed down in the past out of fear of being branded Rand Paul is taking the fight to the media and it is quite refreshing to say the least, it is about time the Republicans had a candidate who was willing to fight for his beliefs.

  Rand Paul appeared on “State of the Union” and when he was basically asked if he would debate Hillary Clinton differently because she is a woman this is what he had to say:

GOP presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) told CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday that it would be “sexist” to think Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton should not be treated as aggressively as a man.

“I think that that would be a sexist response to say, ‘Oh my goodness, she deserves not to be treated as aggressively because she’s only a woman,’” Paul said in reference to Clinton. “I would never say that about anybody.”

“I’m always polite, and even in all the interviews where I’m accused of maybe being too aggressive. I’ve never yelled or screamed. I don’t get out of control. I do try to be polite and have always treated it that way. I would treat her with the same respect I would treat a man,” said Paul.

“I don’t come into our interview thinking, ‘Okay, it’s a woman vs. a man kind of interview.’ I just think she’s going to ask tough questions, he’s going to ask tough questions. I gotta be prepared,” he added

   You can listen to Rand Paul’s remarks by following the link I provided above. If men and women are equal, and of course I believe they are, there should not be one set of rules for one sex and one set of rules for the other when it comes to political debate on the national stage but CNN host Dana Bash seems to imply otherwise with her question.

If Hillary Clinton cannot handle the heat she should not enter the fray but it should be noted here that as far as we know the former Secretary of State has not complained about the possibility of being treated the same as a male candidate–this appears to be a media creation designed to ensure she is treated with kid gloves in an attempt to intimidate the Republican candidates into treating her differently. So who are the real sexists?

Malo periculosam libertatem quam quietum servitium