Rand Paul Will Not Endorse Another Candidate in Primaries, His Staff Says

[LibertyEagle]

Don't make promises you should not keep.

Then he cannot do what he is doing from the Republican Party. Because endorsing the nominee is an unwritten rule.

I'm sure you're saying, fine, leave the Republican Party. Ok, then he would give up sitting on the committees he is on and losing 99% of the influence he now has. Which would be dumber than dirt.

 

[NewRightLibertarian]

Very smart. If he had endorsed Cruz, I would have been incredibly steamed and so would have many of the grassroots folks I know.

 

[r3volution 3.0]

It's crucial that Rand not only not endorse any of these monkeys during the primary...

...it's CRUCIAL that he not endorse Trump, if he's the winner.

We need to think about Senate & White House relations for the next 4 to 8 years.

If Rand endorses Trump...that is the one and only thing which will cause me to stop supporting Rand.

He MUST not do that.

SOMEONE has to be in a position to resist that fucktard's administration.

...I'm about 95% certain Clinton will beat him, mind you, but just in case.

 

[Dianne]

Geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesh, Rand needs to grab a set of balls for goodness sakes !! Just like the author said, Rand will not endorse another candidate until he becomes the republican nominee; something his father Ron would have never done.

Rand.... go grow some son !!! WTF?

 

[dillo]

Not endorsing a candidate 10 years ago was dangerous, however with the current anti-establishment mood, it seems like a middle finger to the RNC could play well.

 

[CPUd]

Then why did he endorse Chuck Baldwin over McCain in 2008 and not Romney in 2012?

I'm sure he has answered that question a few times since then.

 

[William Tell]

Don't make promises you should not keep.

Agreed 100%. But his dad made bad promises.

 

[idiom]

He is better off throwing his weight into a few congressional and state races.

 

[PRB]

Yeah, I have a problem with that, too. Why would Sen. Paul endorse the eventual nominee, if all of the potential nominees left contradict his exclusive fiscal conservative views and noninterventionist foreign policy?

Because he's not a his dad, therefore he believes in lesser of 2 evils.

 

[PRB]

Not endorsing a candidate 10 years ago was dangerous, however with the current anti-establishment mood, it seems like a middle finger to the RNC could play well.

The RNC couldn't care less what he says, or else he'd not be so low in polls.

 

[PRB]

Then he cannot do what he is doing from the Republican Party. Because endorsing the nominee is an unwritten rule.

I'm sure you're saying, fine, leave the Republican Party. Ok, then he would give up sitting on the committees he is on and losing 99% of the influence he now has. Which would be dumber than dirt.

That's exactly what it is, an unwritten rule, too early to tell now anyway.

 

[jkob]

Doesn't make any sense for Rand to endorse anybody besides the nominee when he's running for reelection

 

[Anti Federalist]

Then he cannot do what he is doing from the Republican Party. Because endorsing the nominee is an unwritten rule.

I'm sure you're saying, fine, leave the Republican Party. Ok, then he would give up sitting on the committees he is on and losing 99% of the influence he now has. Which would be dumber than dirt.

Nobody, in or out of politics, would have had the guts to call him out for endorsing his own father over everybody else.

Nobody.

 

[Anti Federalist]

Where did Fish's comment go?

 

[randomname]

Paul will not be endorsing in GOP primary, but will go on to support party’s nominee

Source: htt p://www.buzzfeed.com/rosiegray/why-rand-paul-lost

 

[jmdrake]

Well yeah. I can't believe some folks think he'd be endorsing anyone in the primary.

 

[Valli6]

Geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesh, Rand needs to grab a set of balls for goodness sakes !! Just like the author said, Rand will not endorse another candidate until he becomes the republican nominee; something his father Ron would have never done.
Rand.... go grow some son !!! WTF?

Ron was retiring when he refused to endorse Romney. All it meant was that the RNC refused to allow him to attend the national convention and he was not allowed to make a speech there. (I believe normally every republican primary candidate is automatically invited and permitted to make a speech) If Rand wants to make a speech at the convention he will agree to "endorse" whoever the nominee is. Even then, his speech will be subject to the approval of Republican leadership - as it was when Romney ran.

Realize that Ron Paul's uncompromising stance got him blackballed from playing many important roles throughout his time in the house and this severely limited the impact he could have on affecting policy. There were three (?) times when Ron's seniority meant he should become the head of his committee which dealt with (I believe) monetary policy. Each time he was simply passed over. One time it happened, they chose to abolish that particular committee entirely, just to prevent him from wielding the power he had clearly earned.

In some video I remember Ron stating essentially that just by being a member of the Republican party, you are agreeing to "endorse" whoever they have running in any given race, and that you shouldn't read too much into such endorsements.

 

[CPUd]

They wanted Ron to endorse Romney, then they would let him give a speech that the RNC had final say on.

 

[Warlord]

Ron would never bend and endorse Romney, Rand did and will do the same in 2016 because he's playing the game

 

[P3ter_Griffin]

I think Rand will be safe from contempt from the GOP if Trump is the nominee and Rand chooses not to endorse him. If he cares about contempt from the GOP and it's anyone not named Trump I imagine he'd endorse.