Rand Paul Calls Out Democrats’ Jim Crow Legacy at Election Forum
"Not only is this not Jim Crow," Sen. Rand Paul says of Georgia's new election law, but "the Democrat Party is the party of Jim Crow.” Pictured: Paul speaks to reporters March 4 during a press conference on Capitol Hill. (Photo: Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images)
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., recalls an early and disappointing political experience in 1976, when he was 13 and his father lost a U.S. House seat in Texas by just 200 votes of about 200,000 cast. The loss, he says, led to his long-term interest in maintaining election integrity throughout the country.