Rand Paul jokes he’s ‘really worried’ about Anthony Weiner

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) poked some fun at former Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) over his sexting scandal on Thursday.

“How many people here have a cellphone?” Paul asked an audience in New Hampshire, according to Breitbart News. “How many people think it’s none of the government’s damn business what you have on your cellphone?”

{mosads}“I’ve been thinking that’s true,” Paul continued. “But I’m really, really worried about Anthony Weiner. Because you know he likes to take his selfies, and he’s had trouble finding a place to put them where the government can’t find them. So I’m thinking maybe Anthony Weiner should put his selfie in Lois Lerner’s emails.”

He made the remarks at an event for Generation Opportunity, a libertarian group for young people.

Weiner resigned from Congress in 2011 after sexually explicit photos the married congressman sent to several women became public. He then ran a high-profile but ultimately unsuccessful campaign for New York City mayor last year.

Lois Lerner is the former IRS official at the center of a controversy over whether the agency improperly scrutinized conservative groups. The IRS said that a number of her emails had gone missing after her hard drive crashed.