Posted on 05/25/2021 12:52:24 PM PDT by RandFan
After Rand Paul received a suspicious package containing white powder at his home on Monday, the Kentucky Republican senator pointed the finger at an improbable alleged instigator: the 1980s pop star Richard Marx.
“As a repeated target of violence, it is reprehensible that Twitter allows C-list celebrities to encourage violence against me and my family,” Paul said in a statement.
“Just this weekend Richard Marx called for violence against me and now we receive this powder-filled letter.”
After Paul said on Sunday he would not get vaccinated against Covid-19, Marx tweeted that if he ever met the senator’s erstwhile neighbor, who broke Paul’s ribs during a property dispute in 2017, he would “hug him and buy him as many drinks as he can consume”.
Rene Boucher pleaded guilty to assaulting a member of Congress after tackling Paul, allegedly in a squabble over landscaping.
In an outlandish turn of events, Paul linked Marx’s dismissive social media barb to the potentially dangerous package, which according to Fox News contained an image of the senator in a neck brace, wearing a cast, using a crutch and with a gun to his head.
At the bottom of the picture was the caption: “I’ll finish what your neighbor started, you motherf**ker.”
Law enforcement agencies including the FBI Louisville office, a local sheriff’s office and Capitol police are investigating. On Tuesday, the Warren county sheriff said the substance in the package appeared not to be toxic.
Marx, meanwhile, has been bombarded by online attacks.
“You know who actually put multiple people’s lives at potential risk?” Marx said on Monday, linking to an article about how Paul attended a lunch meeting and swam at the Senate gym before receiving a Covid-19 diagnosis.
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“As a repeated target of violence, it is reprehensible that Twitter allows C-list celebrities to encourage violence against me and my family,”
Hey Rand. Just put on the internet that you’ve switched parties and are now a Democrat. The Lame Street Media and Left will love you to pieces then.
Conspiracy to Commit a Terrorist Act, Indict Twitter too!
Marx has had money to burn and no career for many years now. He’s bored, hence all the immature foolishness.
Richard Marx (appropriate name) should be held to account for instigating violence. I’m sorry that he and his ex-reproduced.
I’m beyond tired of these low rent “celebrities” provoking hate and violence and getting away with it.
Cynthia Rhodes is better off without Marx.
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