Rand Paul: GOP ‘Will Not Win Again in My Lifetime’ the Presidency, Absent Change
Photo Credit: Timothy D. EasleyBy Cheryl K. Chumley.
Sen. Rand Paul from Kentucky warned his fellow Republican politicos that without change, the GOP would fail miserably in the upcoming White House contest — and that goes for the next few decades.
“I think Republicans will not win again in my lifetime for the presidency unless they become a new GOP, a new Republican Party,” he said, during an interview with Glenn Beck on TheBlaze that aired on Thursday, Politico reported. “And it has to be a transformation, not a little tweaking at the edges.”
In fact, the GOP needs a complete overhaul that includes a “better message” that resonates with a wide population, “in a way they can understand it,” he said, on the show. One example: Rather than talking taxes, talk civil liberties, he suggested.
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Rand Paul: Republican Won’t Be President Until There’s a ‘New GOP’
By Courtney Coren.
Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky has an ominous prediction for the future of his party: It won’t win the White House unless it undergoes a major transformation.
“I think Republicans will not win again in my lifetime for the presidency, unless they become a new GOP, a new Republican party, and it has to be a transformation, not just a little tweaking at the edges,” Paul said in an interview with conservative talk show host Glenn Beck on The Blaze.
Paul said he thinks it’s better to find what those in the party can agree on and unite around those things instead of focusing on the disagreements. That is is one of the reasons why he decided to endorse the re-election bid by fellow Kentucky Sen. and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
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