Mediate: Maddow Rips Rand Paul for Silence on Walter Scott Shooting While in South Carolina

[orenbus]

Rachel Maddow went after Senator Rand Paul tonight over a report he did not mention the shooting of Walter Scott in North Charleston, South Carolina when he was mere miles away from where the shooting happened.

Paul has been campaigning in the state this week, and Maddow said it would make sense for Paul to weigh in, because of how outspoken he’s been about criminal justice reform and disproportionate targeting of minorities.

And, Maddow pointed out, Paul has touted his own outreach to black voters in talking about broadening the GOP tent. So she was quite amazed that Paul did not mention the shooting:

“It’s gonna be really interesting to see how long does he get to keep getting credit for being a brave criminal justice reformer when he walks into the epicenter of a huge national discussion about race and criminal justice reform and he has absolutely nothing to say about it.”

Now, for the record, Paul did speak on the matter during a CNN interview yesterday. Paul did the interview from North Charleston, when Wolf Blitzer asked him about the shooting. Paul called it a “terrible tragedy,” said people should be careful not to demonize all cops as a result, and said it’s important to know the racial statistics of police shootings. He then talked about his criminal justice reform beliefs.

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[thoughtomator]

Have other politicians been commenting on the case or is this just another manifestation of Rachel's unrequited puppy love crush on Rand?

 

[Sola_Fide]

Maddow is feeling her testosterone.

 

[SilentBull]

Hmm. So he did talk about it while there, in an interview with Wolf, he just didn't talk about it when Maddow wanted him to talk about it. I can see how that's more important than actual reforms.

 

[orenbus]

Have other politicians been commenting on the case or is this just another manifestation of Rachel's unrequited puppy love crush on Rand?

Most likely just her.

 

[Spikender]

Maddow just needs to admit she wants Rand Paul.

Too bad Kelly is in her way.

 

[Carlybee]

Maddow just needs to admit she wants Rand Paul.

Too bad Kelly is in her way.

She is more likely to want Kelly.

 

[William Tell]

Maddow just needs to admit she wants Rand Paul.

Too bad Kelly is in her way.

You mean Kelly, or Kelley?

 

[andy2044]

Wasn't it a foreign policy speech though?

 

[anaconda]

That was perhaps the most boring Maddow segment I have ever heard. Maddow used to be moderately interesting from time to time. Does she maybe have new writers or something?