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And on Wednesday, Paul used “#ThingsToRunFrom” to describe former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.

The same old candidates running for President #ThingsToRunFrom pic.twitter.com/MIljwji097

— Senator Rand Paul (@SenRandPaul) January 28, 2015

The trolling dates back to at least November, when Paul dubbed Democrats who lost in the midterm elections as “Hillary’s losers.”

Post by Rand Paul.

The first Republican-on-Republican trolling came in December, when Paul called out Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., for opposing the normalization of relations between the U.S. and Cuba.

Hey @marcorubio if the embargo doesn't hurt Cuba, why do you want to keep it?

— Senator Rand Paul (@SenRandPaul) December 19, 2014

Senator @marcorubio is acting like an isolationist who wants to retreat to our borders and perhaps build a moat. I reject this isolationism.

— Senator Rand Paul (@SenRandPaul) December 19, 2014

The United States trades and engages with other communist nations, such as China and Vietnam. So @marcorubio why not Cuba?

— Senator Rand Paul (@SenRandPaul) December 19, 2014

He trolled Bush and Romney after their meeting in Utah earlier this month.

Jeb Bush apparently gave Mitt Romney a \"third time's a charm\" bracelet at their meeting in Utah today: pic.twitter.com/uaOsZfMJEq

— Senator Rand Paul (@SenRandPaul) January 22, 2015

Mitt Romney's friendship band to Jeb Bush at today's meeting in Utah: pic.twitter.com/eprVgg2YUx

— Senator Rand Paul (@SenRandPaul) January 22, 2015

But the first time around, Paul misspelled “friendship.”

That thing where you're trying to mock your rivals' education policies and you misspell \"friendship.\" pic.twitter.com/xz2zUMrdlo

— Scott Conroy (@RealClearScott) January 22, 2015

He’s aired his grievance on Festivus ...

I've got a lot of problems with you people (mostly in DC), and today you're going to hear about it! Stayed tuned for #Festivus grievances

— Senator Rand Paul (@SenRandPaul) December 23, 2014

... and critiqued his fellow Republicans’ fashion choices.

We all know having a fashion forward campaign is important to success, as @RickSantorum showed us in 2012 #Festivus pic.twitter.com/qAeGIp2wpo

— Senator Rand Paul (@SenRandPaul) December 23, 2014

No matter how many times I ask @Team_Mitch, he won't let me borrow this awesome sweater vest pic.twitter.com/VACHu6RdVY

— Senator Rand Paul (@SenRandPaul) December 23, 2014

Of course, everyone has to be themselves, and I have my own style. I think this will be a popular item this year pic.twitter.com/ejuPwOAb6E

— Senator Rand Paul (@SenRandPaul) December 23, 2014
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