In a radio interview on Tuesday, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said his former aide Jack Hunter, who spent years in the 1990s and 2000s as a pro-secessionist activist and radio shock jock, was unfairly treated by the media last month. Paul said that while he disagreed with much of Hunter’s past writings and statements, none of Hunter’s words were racist.
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