Alana Goodman of the Free Beacon has a story out this morning revealing that Rand Paul’s social media director, Jack Hunter, has spent years working as a pro-secessionist radio pundit and neo-Confederate activist:
In one 2004 commentary, Hunter said Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth’s heart was “in the right place.”
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He later wrote that he “raise[s] a personal toast every May 10 to celebrate John Wilkes Booth’s birthday.”
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In one 2008 monologue, Hunter said the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II was the moral equivalent of the Sept. 11 attacks.
Unfortunately, there’s more. Read the whole thing.
Many Twitter users were reminded of Rand Paul’s dad’s newsletter problem:
So it seems that the Confederate apple doesn't fall far from the Confederate tree? #RandPaul #RonPaul #tcot #tlot #NewsLetters #RebelYell
— ⚡︎ J-S Poupart ⚡︎ (@jspoupart) July 9, 2013
It appears Rand Paul might have a Ron Paul problem http://t.co/qrtNpqbluh
— Taegan Goddard (@politicalwire) July 9, 2013
Some Twitter users want to know if Sen. Paul will fire the aide:
@CatsPolitics this is the exact problem people said Rand Paul was going to have–separating himself from these people. Lets see what he does
— olliander (@ollieblog) July 9, 2013
I'd say Rand Paul has a very few hours to sort out if this fellow is worth keeping. Tick tock.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) July 9, 2013
This is the kind of story that would get a lot of attention during a national political campaign:
https://twitter.com/ScooterSchaefer/status/354611339928420353
Twitchy will be watching this story, and will report more as it unfolds.
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