Every once in awhile, Rand Paul shows parts of his daddy that would make be cringe if he became the GOP candidate in 2016 for president. Now, according to Rand Paul, if you are for voter ID, you are racist against blacks or something. Yes, the typical progressive liberal Democrat line against voter ID is now being used by Ron Paul’s kid. Wonderful.
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Are we supposed to assume that blacks are just unable to obtain an ID card that’s needed to drive, board an airplane or get into any DNC event? Rand… You’ve been hanging around Mitch McConnell way too much since you went to DC.
“Everybody’s gone completely crazy on this voter ID thing,” Paul said, noting that the debates over the law had a racial element to them. “I think it’s wrong for Republicans to go too crazy on this issue because it’s offending people.”
Paul made the comments in Memphis, where he spoke at the Republican National Committee meeting as well as met with a group of black pastors.
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Paul has offended African-Americans in the past, including with comments that questioned the Civil Rights Act.
But he also has made a concerted effort to reach out to blacks during what appears to be a build up to a presidential campaign. In particular, he has focused on the criminal justice system, pushing for changes in drug sentencing laws, for instance.