Rand Paul: Trump Is A Fake Conservative With An Authoritarian Concept On Government's Running

Some interesting asides by Republican presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky for Donald Trump supporters have focused attention on both.

He explained to CNN's "New Day" on Friday that the GOP front-runner is "not a real conservative" but is tapping into people's anger over the country's running.

"I think Donald Trump has tapped into anger with Washington," Paul said. "In fact, that's why I ran for office - 'cause I was angry with Washington, and in fact I was angry with fake conservatives who promise[d] to be conservative and who weren't."

"I think Donald Trump is one of those fake conservatives," said Paul, arguably the most conservative candidate in the race.

The ophthalmologist referred to Trump's "authoritarian concept" of government running. He had in fact once used "eminent domain laws in order to build a parking lot after taking over a woman's house.

"Americans need to wake up and listen. Donald Trump is not a conservative. He's a fake conservative, and eventually I think people are going to wake up and hear that," Paul said.

He wanted to "absolutely" debate Trump on Fox's Hannity's show.

The most "commanding lead" was taken by Trump in a Quinnipiac poll over the other GOP candidates, as he got 28 percent. Ben Carson was second with 12 percent and Paul was in the eighth place with 2 percent.

To that, Paul said: "I think as more conservatives find out that Donald Trump is a fake conservative, I think those numbers will shift, but we're very early and most of the polls that are being cited, when you ask people, 'Are you decided?' two-thirds of the people in all of these polls that are being quoted are really undecided on who they're going to vote for yet."

In the western regions, Paul noted that about 500 to 1,000 people have been attending his speeches. "Our crowds have been bigger than they've ever been, so if I weren't reading any of this or seeing these polls, I would think we're doing better than we ever have," he said. "So all I can do is continue to talk about the fact that we should get rid of the tax code, that we should have a flat tax, one single rate for everybody, 14 and a half percent for everybody, that I think government should be smaller, we need more personal freedom, we need to get rid of the government collecting all of our phone records, and that's my message."

"It is my message. I hope it resonates, and we'll find out over time," he said.

Even if he makes it to the presidency, he want go on performing eye surgery, according to hngn.

"I jokingly said we're going to turn the Lincoln bedroom into a surgery suite," he said. "You think politics could be frustrating sometimes, you're absolutely right. But in medicine the amazing thing is we all unify around a goal, someone is blind, we remove the cataract and they can see again. There's probably nothing more rewarding than seeing that smile."