--- description: Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul butted heads with a Today show reporter over the wording of her questions. title: Watch Rand Paul Accuse a Reporter of 'Editorializing' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Rand Paul](/tag/rand-paul/) ## Rand Paul Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Rand Paul Accuse _Today'_s Savannah Guthrie of 'Editorializing'  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 8, 2015 2:41 PM CUT  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 8, 2015 2:41 PM CUT Sen. Rand Paul, who announced he was [running for president Tuesday](http://time.com/3773659/rand-paul-campaign-launch/ "undefined"), butted heads with the _Today_ show’s Savannah Guthrie on Wednesday over questions about his foreign policy record that he deemed [“editorializing.”](http://www.today.com/news/rand-paul-iran-nuclear-deal-im-going-keep-open-mind-2D80592771 "undefined") “You once said Iran was not a threat, now you say it is,” Guthrie said to the Republican candidate, who was speaking remotely from New Hampshire, [per _Politico_](http://www.politico.com/story/2015/04/rand-paul-savannah-guthrie-fight-116757.html#ixzz3WisrlPIj "undefined"). “You once proposed ending foreign aid to Israel, now you support it, at least for the time being, and you once offered to drastically cut … defense spending.” But the Kentucky Senator, who has accused reporters of [being biased in the past](http://time.com/3693078/rand-paul-cnbc-interview/ "undefined"), pushed back against her statements. “Before we go through a litany of things you say I’ve changed on, why don’t you ask me a question, ‘Have I changed my opinion?’” he said. “That would be sort of a better to approach it. You’ve editorialized, let me answer a question.” Paul clarified the he still believes countries should be free of foreign aid (“because we shouldn’t borrow money to do it”), just that it has happen “gradually” — and that his stance isn’t different from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s. He also acknowledged that the situation in Iran has changed since he first said the nation wasn’t a threat in 2007\. “\[That\] was a long time ago, and events do change over long periods of time,” Paul said. “What I would say is that there has always been a threat of Iran gaining nuclear weapons, and I think that’s greater than it was many years ago.” \[[_Today_](http://www.today.com/news/rand-paul-iran-nuclear-deal-im-going-keep-open-mind-2D80592771 "undefined")\] ### Photos: On the Road with Rand Paul  Senator Rand Paul talks to voters at the Horry County Republican Party in Myrtle Beach, S.C. on Sept. 30th, 2014. Charles Ommanney for TIME  Senator Rand Paul talks with students at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, S.C. on Sept. 30th, 2014. Charles Ommanney for TIME  Senator Rand Paul's boots are seen as he talks with students at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, S.C. on Sept. 30th, 2014. Charles Ommanney for TIME  Senator Rand Paul bows his head in prayer before talking to voters at the Horry County Republican Party in Myrtle Beach, S.C. on Sept. 30th, 2014. Charles Ommanney for TIME  Senator Rand Paul and GOP Senatorial candidate Thom Tillis meet with diners at Big Ed's restaurant in Raleigh, N.C. on Oct. 1st, 2014. Charles Ommanney for TIME  Senator Rand Paul attends a BBQ event at the Donnelly Barn in Bowling Green, Ky. on Oct. 12th, 2014. Charles Ommanney for TIME  In a back tent, Senator Paul manages to have five minutes alone to go over his speech at the Donnelly Barn in Bowling Green, Ky. on Oct. 12, 2014. Charles Ommanney for TIME  Senator Rand Paul and Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell attend a BBQ event at the Donnelly Barn in Bowling Green, Ky. on Oct. 12th, 2014. Charles Ommanney for TIME  Senator Rand Paul speaks at a BBQ event at the Donnelly Barn in Bowling Green, Ky. on Oct. 12th, 2014. Charles Ommanney for TIME  The BBQ event's band at the Donnelly Barn in Bowling Green, Ky. on Oct. 12, 2014. 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