Erick Erickson to Rand Paul: Time to End 'Bloody Embarrassment' of a Campaign

It's time for Rand Paul to pack it in and give up his presidential campaign, says RedState editor Erick Erickson.

In a blog post on Thursday, Erickson, who admitted to being a Paul fan, said his Tuesday livestreaming of his day in Iowa was proof that his campaign is kaput.

The headline on the post told Paul, "It Is Time to Take Your Campaign Out Back and Shoot It."

"It was, as the press called it, 'a stunt' — a desperate cry for attention," Erickson wrote. "What is worse is that Rand Paul did not even like it."

Paul told a reporter he repeatedly said he didn't want to do the livestream, and when he read "mean tweets" during the event, he noted that he was being told what to do all day so he was doing what he was told.

When he read one top-googled question, "Is Rand Paul still running for president," he sarcastically answered, "I don't know, I wouldn't be doing this dumbass livestreaming if I weren't. Yes, I'm running for president. Get over it."

"Rand Paul, this was an interesting run and I am a fan of yours. But your campaign is a bloody embarrassment that needs to be taken out back and put out of its misery," Erickson wrote. "Go home to Kentucky, Senator, and save your Senate seat before Kentucky’s voters take the incompetence of your Presidential campaign as a reflection on you and your Senate campaign."

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