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Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) trumpeted his commitment to minority rights on Wednesday, claiming that no one in Congress can match his record on that front.
During a visit to Iowa, the junior Kentucky senator and 2016 contender told Yahoo News that he's going to continue to do his part to lure blacks and Hispanics to a Republican Party that has been plagued by an inability to win over minority voters.
Im not easily dissuaded, so its not something that makes me shrink away, it makes me come out even stronger to say that I dont think theres anyone in Congress who has a stronger belief in minority rights than I do, Paul said. Because my conception of justice is that there have been many times in our history when we have done things unfairly to Japanese Americans, to black Americans. I still think that the justice system does not treat African Americans fairly in regard to non-violent drug crime, with regard to felonies being on your record.
In April, Paul delivered a speech at Howard University, the historically black school located in Washington, D.C., that was notable for some awkward moments. During a question and answer session at the school, Paul denied that he's ever signaled opposition to the Civil Rights Act, despite infamously telling Rachel Maddow in 2010 that he was against sections of the law that require private businesses to accommodate all comers.
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sakabatou
(42,189 posts)hobbit709
(41,694 posts)JustAnotherGen
(31,980 posts)The way OWS haaaaaaaaaaaaaates Obama times 100 Million plus a trillion.
Who is he fooling with this? No one. Not a single one of us. We know precisely WHAT he is. I know it.
And I highly doubt there is a single black American who can't tell the difference between him and Strom Thurmond. Dirt bags both.
OneGrassRoot
(22,920 posts)Javaman
(62,534 posts)Mnemosyne
(21,363 posts)JustAnotherGen
(31,980 posts)White male Republican puts a deck of cards on the table with a "race card" in there - then slips it up his sleeve at the 11th hour. Typical, typical, typical.
Mnemosyne
(21,363 posts)themselves. We do not exist.
Jr. used to tell the truth all the time, but everyone always thought he was lying. If you realize that no one else matters to them, we don't even exist, then they are telling the 'truth'.
Pyschopathic asses.
BeyondGeography
(39,390 posts)ProSense
(116,464 posts)this isn't getting as much attention as my other Paul OPs.
jwirr
(39,215 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,757 posts)He's pretty good at protecting their 'rights.'
The Magistrate
(95,262 posts)"Give the Gentleman a big cee-gar!"
n2doc
(47,953 posts)Spazito
(50,546 posts)people don't remember their vile positions on race, women's rights, etc. They are both vile, imo.
Ohio Joe
(21,771 posts)How does someone this racist get away with such a blatant lie?
kickitup
(355 posts)and that it's his job to educate them on how to vote. He believes that somehow they are incapable of determining which party is aligned with their own best interests.
That's all it boils down to, really, and he's a bigot of the worst sort because of it.
I'm sorry my state brought this man-child to D.C.
p.s. And I'm also sorry if my comments seem to lump all black people together, as though they all think alike or are "other." I just know people like Paul. They will deny they are racists (and I believe they are being honest when they deny it), while at the same time they hold the notion that black people are less capable in some way, although they would never come right out and say it. It's hard to explain unless you live around it.
Arkana
(24,347 posts)flamingdem
(39,333 posts)not convinced!