Posted on 04/10/2015 10:44:23 AM PDT by Citizen Zed
Republican senator Rand Paul walked out of a live interview with the Guardian on Friday, in the third testy exchange he has had with a journalist since launching his campaign for president three days ago.
Paul, who said during his campaign launch on Tuesday he would like to see “any law that disproportionately incarcerates people of color is repealed”, responded awkwardly when asked which specific piece of legislation he would repeal.
In a live broadcast via the smartphone app Periscope, Paul said he had “a host of bills” that would amend or repeal part of the statute.
Midway through his answer, he added: “Let me answer the question, you complain I don’t answer the question … I am giving you the specifics.”
Paul spoke about the various pieces of bipartisan legislation he has brought to reform the criminal justice system, but did not point to a specific criminal law that he would repeal.
In his final question, he was asked about research showing that white Republicans do not agree with his view that the criminal law is applied in an unequal fashion.
“I think your premise is incorrect,” he said. “Actually I think I can take that message into a white evangelical church anywhere in Iowa and give exactly the same speech and be received well.”
When the reporter attempted a follow-up remark quoting a Washington Post-ABC poll about Republican views on criminal justice, Paul walked off camera.
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If Paul is not prepared for “Testy MSM”,
why does he agree to these interviews.
He is a fruit cake like his father.
The man believed his own hype and now when questioned he can’t handle it,
Paul do everyone a favor and drop out or at least be honest and go against Hillary for the Dem nomination.
Fail!
nail on head.
Good. They give any Democrat a pass or softball questions. He doesn’t have to stand for their actions ....
He’s doing exactly what these paid parrots of the Left deserve.
Most of them have room temperatures IQs - why do you think they majored in Journalism? - and ask ridiculous questions designed to elicit gotcha responses or something that can be taken out of context and spun.
I wouldn’t vote for him in a blue moon but anyone offering the media pushback gets a tip of the Drill chapeau. It’s way, way past time for that.
Reagan knew how to handle a hostile media.
This is a new tactic by Son Of Paul: show contempt for the media, and throw red meat to the conservatives.
That he did. He would defuse the situation instead of escalating it.
“any law that disproportionately incarcerates people of color is repealed”
Not to be overly critical, but in 100% pure honesty would this not be 99% of the criminal code in each and every state?
Perhaps I’m missing something.
Correct. In contrast, because Ted Cruz is a master debater, he can deal with the tough MSM quite easily. That’s why the Left really fears him.
Yeah but I would love to know the answer to that question- those laws to be repealed ..
So does Cruz.
Whereas Hillary is a cunning linguist.
Coming up: Tough interviews with Hillary where she will field brutal questions like “Have you been the smartest person in the room all your life?” or “Your list of successes as SOS is long and well-documented, was that difficult to achieve?”
Yes, I think Cruz is very strong in that area.
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