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# Rand Paul Says These Candidates Lost Because of Hillary Clinton

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## Sam Frizell


Nov 5, 2014 4:23 PM UTC

by 

[Sam Frizell](https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/)


## Sam Frizell


Nov 5, 2014 4:23 PM UTC

Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky took to the airwaves Tuesday night as the GOP celebrated its regaining of Senate control, linking Republican victories to putative dissatisfaction with possible 2016 contender Hillary Clinton.

Paul, also a presumptive candidate for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination, pointed to Clinton’s campaigning for failed Democratic candidates including Georgia’s Michelle Nunn, Iowa’s Bruce Braley, North Carolina’s Kay Hagan and Kentucky’s Alison Lundergan Grimes. Paul even initiated the hashtag #HillaryLosers on his Facebook page and Twitter feed.

> [](https://twitter.com/SenRandPaul/status/529866535259865088)

> [](https://twitter.com/SenRandPaul/status/529874707026575360)

“Somebody should ask Hillary Democrats why they got wiped out tonight. Clearly, Hillary is yesterday’s news,” Paul said in an email to [Breitbart News](http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/11/04/Exclusive-Rand-Paul-Tuesday-s-Biggest-Loser-Is-Hillary-Clinton). He added that the midterm elections on Tuesday should be viewed as a rejection of the former Secretary of State’s track record.

Clinton has not held office since she left the Obama administration as Secretary of State in 2013 but is widely considered to be mulling a run in 2016.

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