it's a description of the plot line of gatica.frequent screaming, he faces genetic prejudice. the only way to achieve his dream of becoming an astronaut is to become a borrowed ladder. >> to the frequent screenings, facing genetic discrimination. the only way to achieve his dream of becoming abastronaut is he has to become a borrowed ladder. >> his speech was totally ripped off of wikipedia. ethan hawk's character assumes an identity of a former swimming star with a genetic profile second to none who had been injured in a car accident, leaving him senator. >> he assumes the identity of a world class swimming athlete. >> he is up there reading wikipedia. >> right senator? >> jerome buys his identity, uses his dna, blood, hair, tissue to pass the screening. >> rand paul wants to be president but right now he is lifting whole sections of wikipedia entry and hoping no one will notice. herman cane plagiarized donna summer. but you know what? that was herman cane. when joe biden got caught in 1988, that was seen as the end of his presid

>> well, we borrowed the plot lines from gatica.vie and i gave credit to the people who wrote the movie. i think they're arguing about whether or not things are properly footnoted and there are technicalities to this. but nothing i said was not given attribution to where it came from. >> totally not true. he became blaming there what he called political enemies for this story. jorge ramos was ready with the follow-up. here he is. >> the rest of it's making a mountain out of the mole hill from people i think basically who are political enemies and have an ax to grind. >> because it seems it's not the first time. the website boss feed they said you borrow several lines from wikipedia again in a speech in june. >> i think once again -- >> the movie stand and deliver. >> once again it's a disagreement on how you footnote things. >> no. it's a plagiarism. here was senator paul taking questions about plagiarizing and turning them into the character of the person who caught him plagiarizing. jonathan capehart and joan walsh. both are msnbc

. >> it's just like "gatica." rand paul is just reading wikipedia and passing it off as if it's his own words. >> and this is on teleprompter. >> yeah, that's a mistake that -- i think this is evidence you have to be careful if you're rand paul, ted cruz, or anybody running for president, you can't go too far too fast. the spotlight is on you much more -- i mean, i tell everyone who starts working for "the post" and for us, wikipedia is not a primary source. you certainly can't pull large sentences from it. that is a danger for rand paul. i would say, look, i think rand paul is a very serious presidential candidate. many people disagree with me. i would say, however, this is someone who was not in elected office, andrea, prior to winning that senate seat. this is not someone tested on the national stage. things like this probably will continue to happen. >> well, if they are going to continue to happen, he's got big trouble ahead. >> agree. >> thank you very much, chris cillizza. see you later. and meet one of the