Smearing Rand Paul as ‘racist’ ignores his long criminal justice record

This week, Sen. Rand Paul caught flak for delaying passage of an anti-lynching bill, seeking specific changes to the bill’s overly broad definition of lynching. Rather than rebut the libertarian-leaning Kentucky Republican’s points or try to win him over with any argument, the widespread response from liberal commentators was to smear Paul as racist — blatantly ignoring his long record of pro-black criminal justice reform advocacy.
Sen. Kamala Harris called Paul’s actions “absolutely disgraceful.” One prominent Democratic strategist called Paul a “racist little shit,” receiving more than 13,000 “likes” on the vulgar tweet.
Left-wing partisan and so-called conservative Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin smeared Paul as “the anti-anti-lynching senator.” A liberal legal activist said, “his actions amount to acceptance of racial violence, which continues to this day.”
One liberal commentator wrote to Paul that “as an alleged libertarian, the only personal freedoms you are interested in protecting are those of white men like yourself.” Another disturbing tweet that encouraged violence against Paul received 38,000 “likes.”
I interviewed Paul in light of this controversy to discuss his views on criminal justice and his long record as a pro-reform Republican — before it was popular.
“I was always for letting people live their lives the way they want to live so long as they’re not hurting anybody else,” he told me. “So I was never a big fan of putting people in jail for drug use and things like that. I think as I looked at the issue more, I became more aware of some of the racial disparities in the war on drugs. … It’s all of the criminal justice system, but the war on drugs is a big part of the problem.”

More: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/rand-paul-responds-to-racism-charges-over-anti-lynching-bill
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Smearing Rand Paul as ‘racist’ ignores his long criminal justice record

Smearing Rand Paul as ‘racist’ ignores his long criminal justice record

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