Democrats seized on Rand Paul’s comments over foreign aid to Israel on Tuesday, adding to a growing chorus of criticism from those on the left who say the Kentucky senator wants to “rewrite history.”

“Rand Paul has absolutely supported ending US aid to Israel, and he needs to stop trying to rewrite history,” Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) tweeted Tuesday morning. The Democratic Party fired off a similar tweet: “ICYMI: Rand Paul insists he never proposed ending aid to Israel, forgetting he said it (more than once!) on tape.”

Paul’s campaign issued a statement Tuesday in response to the attacks.

“Senator Rand Paul has never proposed any legislation that targeted Israel’s aid and just last week voted to continue and increase funding to the State of Israel,” the statement read. “Sen. Paul’s position was exactly what Prime Minister Netanyahu said to Congress on July 10, 1996 and May 24, 2011 — Israel will be better off when it does not have to count on anyone else for its protection.”

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In response to a question from Yahoo News about whether he still thought the U.S. should end federal aid to Israel, Paul said Monday, “I haven’t really proposed that in the past.”

“We’ve never had a legislative proposal to do that,” he continued. “You can mistake my position, but then I’ll answer the question. That has not been a position — a legislative position — we have introduced to phase out or get rid of Israel’s aid. That’s the answer to that question. Israel has always been a strong ally of ours and I appreciate that. I voted just this week to give money — more money — to the Iron Dome, so don’t mischaracterize my position on Israel.”

Paul’s position on Israel has been garnering national attention in the past few days because it appears to be at odds with his stance in 2011.

“I want to be known as a friend of Israel, but not with money we don’t have,” Paul said at the time. “Should we be giving free money or welfare to a wealthy nation? I don’t think so.”

He reiterated his plan to end foreign aid to all countries, including Israel, on a 2011 CNN interview with Wolf Blitzer, asking whether it was wise to fund “both sides of an arms race.”

As recently as last year, the Kentucky senator still advocated for gradually ending foreign aid to Israel. He made his point in January 2013 in Jerusalem, explaining that the U.S. couldn’t be a good friend to Israel if it went broke.

Paul said on July 23 of this year on Glenn Beck’s “The Blaze” that, as president, he would make sure Israel had well-funded and well-supplied defense capabilities. He introduced the Stand With Israel Act in late April and wrote a pro-Israel column slamming the White House in “National Review Online” on July 1.