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Watch Rand Paul Explain to a Female Reporter How to Ask a Question

“New presidential candidate Rand Paul’s post-announcement media blitz took an unsavory turn Wednesday morning, when the Kentucky senator decided to play journalism professor with NBC’s Savannah Guthrie.

Paul repeatedly interrupted the Today co-anchor, who was challenging him on sensitive policy matters, then snapped at Guthrie when she followed-up and pressed for answers.

Guthrie held her ground as Paul twice accused her of “editorializing,” or injecting personal opinion into what were really pretty simple, legitimate questions about his positions on aid to Israel and the Iranian nuclear negotiations. (He has shifted on both questions, hence the cranky responses.)

Paul responded by offering the veteran political reporter and former White House correspondent some unsolicited advice on how to do her job:

Not the first time: Wednesday’s exchange mirrored another short-tempered performance, during a Feb. 2 interview with CNBC’s Kelly Evans. Paul shushed Evans after becoming irritated by a series of questions about tax policy and comments he’d made about anti-vaxxers.”

Read the full piece and watch the interview here