Rand Paul

Key facts

Occupation

politician, physician, ophthalmologist

Position held

United States senator, United States senator, United States senator, United States senator

Citizenship

United States

Born

January 7, 1963

Website

https://paul.senate.gov/, https://www.randpaul.com

On IJR

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• “The fundamental reason why Medicare is failing is why the Soviet Union failed; socialism doesn't work.”

• “A free society will abide unofficial, private discrimination, even when that means allowing hate-filled groups to exclude people based on the color of their skin. It is unenlightened and ill-informed to promote discrimination against individuals based on the color of their skin. It is likewise unwise to forget the distinction between public (taxpayer-financed) and private entities.”

• “We have people coming in by the millions...Am I absolutely opposed to immigration? No...We have to find a way to believe in the rule of law, believe in border control and at the same time, not villify the issue.”

• “I think this sets a very bad precedent, the president unilaterally on his own starting war without any consent from Congress.”

• “I wouldn't be doing this dumb ass live-stream if I wasn't, so get over it.”

• “There's no reason for Republicans to waste any time on black voters; there are no votes there under any conditions. Rand Paul went to Ferguson and Baltimore to talk racial healing: no one cared or even noticed.”

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