GOP - Rand Paul's Presidential Highlight Reel w/ his Libertarian Twist

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Rand Paul: "No Way" Hillary Clinton Didn't Know Benghazi Weapons Went To ISIS In Syria

Sen. Rand Paul appeared on Fox News Channel’s America’s Newsroom on Tuesday to explain new proof found in Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's diplomatic emails for his long-standing assertion that following the collapse of the Libyan central government in 2011 the U.S. government oversaw the transfer of weapons from Libya's armories (using the CIA annex in Benghazi in 2012) through Turkey and Saudi Arabia into Syria and Iraq in 2013, where they eventually found their way into the hands of the Islamic State in 2014.

In 2013 Paul questioned Clinton during a Senate committee hearing on Benghazi about her knowledge of the US arming the Syrian rebels. Clinton denied having knowledge about the US involvement with arming the rebels. A new batch of previously undisclosed emails about Benghazi written by and to Hillary Clinton have also emerged, despite Clinton previously stating she had turned everything over to the State Department.

"The emails basically indicate that she was a supporter of arming the folks involved in the Syrian civil war (2012-present). Many of the people who were involved in the Libyan Civil War (2011-present) actually were people who had been in prison before as jihadists, so really it is a bad public policy, and then there is the question of whether or not she was being honest with me in the committee whether she knew.

More...http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2015/07/09/rand_paul_hard_to_believe_hillary_clinton_didnt_know_benghazi_weapons_went_to_isis_in_syria.html

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Breitbart (major conservative/republican site) Primary Poll July Voting

They had one in June. Currently Rand is 4th with 7%.

Vote: hxxp://www.breitbart.com/primary/?utm_source=Breitbart+News&utm_campaign=c89f86c1b0-Breitbart_Primary_July7_11_2015&utm_medium=email&u tm_term=0_72a300fd00-c89f86c1b0-283387813

These were June results & here is a summary of the results:

Ted Cruz 33%
Scott Walker 23%
Rand Paul 10%

Go vote and elevate Rand above the 7%. It's one of those click and drag polls for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. You don't have to place a 2nd and 3rd if ya don't want. Link is broke so we don't appear as an army coming from any one site.

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Rand Paul proposes legislation that will crack down on 'sanctuary' cities

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul has introduced new legislation that would crack down on “sanctuary” cities harboring criminal illegal immigrants.

The 2016 Republican presidential contender announced last week a proposal that would require state and local law enforcement to notify U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after the arrest of an illegal immigrant.

The legislation, known as the Protecting American Citizens Together Act (PACT Act) would also require law enforcement to detain or transfer an illegal immigrant if requested to do so by ICE.

The proposed legislation comes after a 32-year-old San Francisco woman was allegedly shot and killed by an illegal immigrant.

Juan Francisco Lopez Sanchez, who has pleaded not guilty, was in the country illegally and had been released from jail months before the shooting, despite a federal immigration order asking local authorities to hold him.

Video and more...http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/07/13/sen-rand-paul-proposes-legislation-that-will-crack-down-on-sanctuary-cities/

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Rand Paul goes off on Hillary Clinton, and says she's disqualified from bashing Uber

Presidential candidate and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) blasted former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Twitter after she questioned the economic model of the so-called "gig" economy in a Monday speech.

Clinton, the Democratic front-runner in 2016, said the "'on demand' or so-called 'gig economy'" needs to be examined. She didn't mention the companies by name, but earlier reports suggested she would take aim at firms like Uber and Airbnb.

"Meanwhile, many Americans are making extra money renting out a spare room, designing websites, selling products they design themselves at home, or even driving their own car," Clinton said, according to her campaign transcript.

She added that this new economic model "is creating exciting opportunities and unleashing innovation but it's also raising hard questions about workplace protections and what a good job will look like in the future."

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/rand-paul-hillary-clinton-uber-2015-7#ixzz3fqA9dqGZ

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Rand Paul mum on Trump's immigration stance

ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. – Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul declined on Monday to venture an opinion on the incendiary comments of fellow Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on immigration.

"I've tried to talk about what my plan is for immigration so I don't get trapped into talking about what 20 other people are saying about immigration," Paul said at a stop in Elizabethtown. "As far as I'm concerned I think most people come to this country in search of the American dream. It doesn't mean you can have a lawless border, though."

After speaking to about 25 constituents at the Lincoln Trail Area Development District in Elizabethtown, Paul repeatedly avoided giving reporters an opinion of Trump's immigration comments, which have drawn criticism from some of his GOP presidential rivals.

When asked if Trump's remarks have hurt the Republican Party, Paul said, "I've got to stick with my message. There's 15 other people, if I spend all my time on other people's message …"

More...htxp://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/rand-paul/2015/07/13/rand-paul-donald-trump-immigration/30090077/

Rand golfed w/ Trump last year and Trump also donated to send him on his ophthalmalogy trip to Guatemala so I can see him not offering any comments about T at this point. Trump is saying what populist America wants to here on immigration but goes too far on some of it. See Rand's plan above.

The courier journal hates Rand and thus this hit piece shan't be linked.

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Rand Paul says his message will separate him from the GOP presidential pack

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul says his unique message will separate him from the rest of the pack, as the Republican race for President widens to fifteen.

We caught up with Paul in west Louisville as he continues his effort to win African American support.

Officially, Rand Paul's visit to the Plymouth Community Renewal Center was not a campaign event. But when you're running for President, every event becomes a campaign event.

This was Paul's third visit to the Plymouth Center, but his first since he launched his campaign for President.

“This is a huge opportunity for them. Not a lot of kids are going to get to ever meet and sit down and have a discussion with a presidential candidate,” said Markham French, executive  director of the Plymouth Center.

Paul did lunch with kids taking part in the summer enrichment program and later talked jobs, education and government with a select group of students -- all part of Paul's ongoing effort reach out to African Americans.

Video and more...http://www.wdrb.com/story/29537157/rand-paul-says-his-message-will-separate-him-from-the-gop-presidential-pack

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News Media Machine: “Rand Paul Too Short for Presidency.”

And so, it has come down to this – with little to no actual criticism left to hurl in Rand Paul‘s direction, the vacuous multitudes of news media – represented as the dismembered jabbering capitulum we all love to hate – have decided enough is enough, drawn a line in the sand, and begun to analyze the vertical stature of the Republican presidential hopeful as a legitimate means of criticism.

I wish I were joking.

But it’s not a recent phenomenon, judging one’s leadership abilities on how high his head rests above the ground – in fact, in Rand Paul’s case alone, we can find this same argument being used against him as early as two years ago, with Ann Coulter and Michael Savage – fellow conservatives who in theory should want to help support Paul – scathing the man for his height, and even making it into a joke (likely in the hopes that such criticism will be echoed faster in such a humorous form). What solidarity – I can’t possibly imagine why the Republican Party is in such disarray right now with as strong inner support as that going on.

Read more: http://thelibertarianrepublic.com/news-media-machine-rand-paul-too-short-for-presidency/#ixzz3fqCdlWSV

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Rand Paul hits urban issues in Democratic stronghold

Highland Park — Rand Paul has made Detroit a regular stop in the past two years, but he returned to the area Friday as a Republican presidential candidate. He used the first of several appearances around the state Friday and Saturday to try to set himself apart from the other 14 GOP hopefuls.

The Kentucky senator toured the Democratic stronghold of Highland Park with city, business and faith leaders Friday afternoon. Given the chance to make his case in front of several dozen local residents and campaign supporters, he laid out three areas where his policies stand out.

“I’m probably the leading Republican talking about criminal justice,” Paul said. “I’m also the one Republican that has a plan for our big cities and some of the poverty (issues) in the sense that I think that rather than send our money to Washington, we should leave it in our communities.

“I’m also a believer in your right to privacy and our right to be left alone. I don’t think the government should collect all of our phone records all of the time without a warrant.”

More...http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/elections/2015/07/10/rand-paul-hits-urban-issues-democratic-stronghold/29991223/

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Presidential candidate Rand Paul talks tax reform, criminal justice on first Michigan stop

HIGHLAND PARK, MI - A small crowd gathered on the front lawn of a home in Highland Park to hear from presidential hopeful and U.S. Senator Rand Paul Friday afternoon.

Appearing with a handful of local elected officials, including Democratic Highland Park Mayor DeAndre Windom, and business leaders, Paul delivered a short outline of his political strategy during his "Unleash the American Dream" event.

The Republican candidate said Friday that one of the problems with Washington, D.C., is that Republicans and Democrats are always fighting.

"We never get the solutions, because we don't have conversation," Paul said. "I came here, really, not to tell the mayor how to do his job, but to learn more about your city. ... The thing I think we all have to acknowledge is we face a lot of problems in our country ... so we need to figure out what works and what doesn't work."

More...http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2015/07/rand_paul_talks_tax_breaks_edu.html

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GOP Senators look to crack down on Sanctuary Cities

“Reasonable people can and do differ on issues of border security, interior enforcement and the status of illegal immigrants present in our nation," said Cotton. "We should not disagree about the importance of the rule of law.”

Other Republicans, including Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.), another 2016 contender, are also rolling out legislation in the wake of the shooting.

Paul is expected to introduce a measure requiring state and local agencies to tell U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) when they’ve arrested an illegal agreement. The agencies would also have to hold someone if ICE requests.

Punishing cities who flout immigration law by fiddling with education funding is a tricky business. You want to avoid hurting schools while making it clear that policies must change. Senator Paul's bill is probably more to the point. It attacks the basis for sanctuary by taking the decision of whether to deport someone out of local authorities hands. This won't guarantee deportation, but it will make it difficult for a city to release a dangerous criminal.

Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2015/07/gop_senators_look_to_crack_down_on_sanctuary_cities.html#ixzz3fqI8sus4

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GOP field knocks Clinton on sharing economy

Republican presidential candidates are knocking Hillary Clinton after she delivered a speech claiming the so-called sharing economy, made up of companies such as Uber and Lyft faced "hard questions."

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul came out with the sharpest barb, saying the country “shouldn’t take advice on the sharing economy from someone who has been driven around in a limo for 30 years,” referring to Clinton’s revelation last year that she hadn’t driven a car since 1996.

More...http://thehill.com/policy/technology/247705-gop-knocks-clintons-views-on-sharing-economy

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http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/hillary-blasts-gop-rivals-as-mean-spirited-in-economic-policy-speech/article/2568144

Less than a month after holding a fundraiser on the sidelines of a Colorado marijuana conference, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is joining the fight to give America’s growing legal marijuana industry access to banking services.

Paul, the first major-party presidential candidate to publicly seek support from legal marijuana industry, is among the bipartisan co-sponsors of the Marijuana Businesses Access to Banking Act of 2015, introduced Thursday in the Senate.

Similar legislation has already been re-introduced in the House after a previous effort to ease access to banking for marijuana companies failed.

The Senate bill would prohibit banking regulators from penalizing or discouraging banks from providing financial services to marijuana businesses operating in areas of the U.S. where marijuana has been legalized.

It also would ban regulators from terminating federal deposit insurance at banks providing services to state-sanctioned marijuana businesses and would create a safe harbor from criminal prosecution, liability and asset forfeiture for financial institutions who provide services to marijuana businesses operating legally.

More...http://finance.yahoo.com/news/rand-paul-joins-effort-to-bring-banking-to-legal-marijuana-businesses-034132886.html

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Rand Paul, Don’t Swallow The Bait

Sen. Rand Paul has walked straight into a bait and switch trap set by big-government proponents like Cass Sunstein. In a recent Time magazine commentary, Paul reacted to the Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage by pitching the idea of abolishing state recognition of marriage.

Paul noted that since the ruling may soon lead the state’s police power to intrude into churches and other religious institutions, “perhaps the time has come to examine whether or not governmental recognition of marriage is a good idea for either party.” He suggests that people draw up contracts instead of obtaining state-issued licenses.

Watch your step, Rand! That plan would not at all limit government. It’s central planning in disguise. I know this seems counter-intuitive. After all, libertarians have an old mantra that goes: “Let’s just get the government out of the marriage business!” But that’s an empty slogan. It blindly assumes that government will leave you alone once it no longer has to recognize you and your spouse and potential offspring as bound together as a family unit. These days, nothing can be further from the truth, as I’ll explain below.


More...http://thefederalist.com/2015/07/09/rand-paul-dont-swallow-the-bait/

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I'm so pumped with the grassroots support that Rand has versus any other candidate. He's got over 108k unique donations in the last quarter totaling up to $7 million dollars and 96% of them/me average a donation of 85$ or less. So, he's got plenty more people to donate lot's more over time as we go forward.

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Rand Will Vote Against Iran Nuclear Deal

The proposed agreement with Iran is unacceptable for the following reasons:
1) sanctions relief precedes evidence of compliance
2) Iran is left with significant nuclear capacity
3) it lifts the ban on selling advanced weapons to Iran..

I will, therefore, vote against the agreement.
While I continue to believe that negotiations are preferable to war, I would prefer to keep the interim agreement in place instead of accepting a bad deal. Please help share this news.

Per his FB page...https://www.facebook.com/RandPaul?fref=ts

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John Stossel, who has a show on Fox Business occasionally does a weekend show on Fox News, endorses Rand Paul for President in this recent clip.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=124&v=4rnUOt8AK4U

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Rand back in Louisville, KY yesterday, some local news coverage
He's really taking an interest in minority unemployment connecting w/ the youth of said folks.

Video at each link
http://www.whas11.com/videos/news/politics/2015/07/13/sen-rand-paul-visits-kids-in-russell-neighborhood/30107593/
http://www.wdrb.com/story/29537157/rand-paul-says-his-message-will-separate-him-from-the-gop-presidential-pack
http://www.wave3.com/story/29534816/rand-paul-to-visit-louisvilles-russell-neighborhood-monday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztSg8PAks18

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West Michigan local news coverage last night about Rand's visit to the area this last weekend.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39dkkqhWg9o

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Rand Paul traveling to Haiti to perform pro bono eye surgeries

In just a few weeks, Paul—along with most of the rest of the GOP field—will appear at their first debate in Cleveland. Shortly thereafter, Paul—along with a massive contingent of doctors and media—will travel to Haiti to perform pro bono surgeries on people with eye conditions like cataracts. Paul, in addition to being a U.S. Senator now, has for the last several decades been an ophthalmologist in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and this will mark his second trip to an impoverished nation to perform pro bono surgeries as a doctor since his election to the U.S. Senate. Last August, Paul traveled to Salama, Guatemala, to perform such surgeries on hundreds of patients there.

More...http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/07/20/exclusive-rands-parents-ron-and-carol-paul-senators-filibuster-of-nsa-was-fantastic-helped-wake-up-american-people/

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Monmouth Iowa Poll 7/16-7/19 Walker-22,Trump-13, ..., Rand-5%

When Iowa Republicans are asked who they would support in their local caucus, Scott Walker is
the first choice of 22% followed by Donald Trump at 13%. The next group of candidates includes Ben
Carson (8%), Jeb Bush (7%), Ted Cruz (7%), the 2008 Iowa winner Mike Huckabee (6%), Marco Rubio
(5%), Rand Paul (5%), and Bobby Jindal (4%). Rick Santorum (3%) – who won the Iowa caucuses in
2012 – Rick Perry (3%), and Carly Fiorina (3%) are tied for 10th place. The rest of the field garners no
more than 2% of the vote as a first choice, including John Kasich (2%), Chris Christie (1%), George
Pataki (<1%), Lindsey Graham (0%), and Jim Gilmore (0%). Another 11% of likely caucusgoers are
undecided.

More...http://www.monmouth.edu/assets/0/32212254770/32212254991/32212254992/32212254994/32212254995/30064771087/e6c48f94-1380-45b6-80e4-dbaf5f5f78ad.pdf

Not looking too good at the moment but he'll be attending the state more often in the near term plus the it's up in the air about how much this poll means at this point. Trump won't last considering his latest statements about Mexicans and Sen. McCain. Walker has to come back down to earth soon as well.