Ron Paul Speaking in Minnesota Could Signal a Kurt Bills GOP Endorsement for U.S. Senate
Ron Paul, the charismatic Texas Congressman, will speak at the Minnesota Republican Convention in St. Cloud on May 18.
Ron Paul will speak at the Minnesota Republican Convention in St. Cloud on May 18 according to a Minnesota Public Radio report.
The appearance is a significant one for Rep. Kurt Bills, R-Rosemount, who is in a heated race with Pete Hegseth and Dan Severson to become the GOP candidate for U.S. Senate.
Bills has been a vocal Ron Paul supporter and introduced the Republican presidential candidate during a previous visit to Minnesota ahead of the March caucuses. Ron Paul has since come out and endorsed Bills in his quest to become the GOP-endorsed candidate to run against DFL incumbent Sen. Amy Klobuchar this fall.
Republican conventions across the state have seen a significant impact from Ron Paul delegates and an appearance at the state convention could significantly bolster support for Bills as he fends off attacks from Hegseth and Severson for his association with Paul.
According to MPR, Republican Party of Minnesota Chairman Pat Shortridge said having Paul speak at the convention"will highlight our common Republican purpose of restoring limited government and individual liberty by electing Republican candidates who believe in those core party principles."
Todd Laumer
12:42 pm on Thursday, May 10, 2012
1. Women’s Rights:
Ron Paul believes: States should have the right to choose whether or not women can legally have an abortion. Ron Paul has sponsored legislation that would deny a woman the right to choose.
2. Drug Laws
Ron Paul believes: The government should legalize all drugs.
3. Marriage Equality
Ron Paul believes: State governments should have the right to decide whether they legalize same-sex marriage or not.
4. Corporations and Regulations
Ron Paul believes: Telling businesses to do anything is unconstitutional, and so is investigating them. After the BP oil spill in 2010 Ron Paul was the ONLY congressman, out of over 400, that voted AGAINST giving subpoena power to the independent committee responsible for investigating BP.
5. Discrimination
Ron Paul believes: Businesses should have the right to discriminate against anyone for any reason, and that it’s unconstitutional for the Government to tell businesses they can’t discriminate against people. Ron Paul has said repeatedly that he would vote against the portion of the Civil Rights Act which prohibits businesses from discriminating and segregating their customers.
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Troy Thompson
12:55 pm on Friday, May 11, 2012
"Ron Paul believes: Businesses should have the right to discriminate against anyone for any reason"
I'm professionally politically neutral, but I might have to challenge that particular statement. Can you offer a source quote?
Linnea King
12:29 pm on Friday, May 11, 2012
Right. And our federal government was never intended to have a role in any of those things you mentioned.
A person being against government control and intervention on a particular issue, does not mean they support the entity or idea in question, it means that they support the principle of LIMITED government - even at times when it feels less comfortable and convenient.
Peter
9:03 pm on Sunday, May 13, 2012
I'm not certain whether or not Ron Paul has ever voiced an opinion about Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which (according to Wikipedia):
Outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion or national origin in hotels, motels, restaurants, theaters, and all other public accommodations engaged in interstate commerce; exempted private clubs without defining the term "private."
I do know that his son, Rand, has spoken out against it. Let me explain my understanding of the Libertarian line of reasoning.
The problem is, the CRA1964 did not outlaw state laws, it outlawed individual property owners from using race as a discriminating factor for who they will allow on their property. This is, any logical (and sane... I editorialize) person would agree, ridiculous. I as the owner of a business, restaurant, firm; I can tell people that I will not service them if they don't wear shirts, if they don't sign a legal waiver, if they are under a certain height, or if they are over a certain weight. Some of these things are choices, others are genetic, but the one thing that I can not do is say that I will not serve Middle Easterners, Asians, Whites and yes Blacks as well. What right does the government have to tell me that I can discriminate in any way imaginable, just not race... how can my firm have quasi-public status just because I often chose to let people enter it? CRA1964 cannot answer these questions, therefore it must go, in the interest of liberty.