Posted on 05/18/2022 7:23:29 AM PDT by RandFan
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. Rand Paul looked past his fall opponent Tuesday to slam national Democrats, while his Democratic challenger doubled down on his progressive message and vowed to take the fight to the incumbent in a matchup featuring contrasting agendas.
The libertarian-leaning Paul coasted to victory over five little-known Republican challengers in his primary. Democrat Charles Booker, a Black former state lawmaker, defeated three primary opponents to become the latest nominee to try to snap the long losing streak of Kentucky Democrats in U.S. Senate races. The Bluegrass State hasn’t elected a Democrat to the Senate since Wendell Ford in 1992.
Paul, who is seeking a third term, immediately set the tone for his fall campaign, telling supporters in a video message that he was back in the nation’s capital “battling the socialists and petty tyrants.” He didn’t mention Booker, instead aiming criticism at the nation’s top Democrats — President Joe Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
“Kentucky and all of America deserve better than the massive spending, runaway debt and crippling inflation that Biden, Pelosi and Schumer are giving us,” he said. “I’m working every day to fight back, and I hope you’ll continue to support me.”
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Good move. All people need to know is that a vote for any "D" is a vote for Death to America! Don't focus on the man focus on his party and how they destroyed the United States standing in the world.
Because he would have been instantly labeled a racist - and he knew it.
Is he going for broke? Will he still have his current office to go back to when he loses? Some people will go for the publicity to help out in the future. If so a sacrificial lamb he will not be.
40 years old. That’s young. Beto running for Texas gov. is similar. So what’s the jig?
He will raise a lot of anti-Rand Paul money even if it’s a lost cause. millions in fact
He will raise a lot of anti-Rand Paul money even if it’s a lost cause. millions in fact
I get emails from Rand. I like him. I guess I lean Libertarian.
Chris Paul / Devin Booker?
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