Rand Paul Dismisses Voter Suppression: Rising Republican political star gives unsatisfactory answers to voter suppression charges

Rand Paul to black student: Bringing up GOP voter suppression ‘demeans’ Civil Rights movement

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Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) accused a black Howard University student of demeaning the civil rights movement by bringing up recent GOP efforts to limit voting accessibility. “The Republican Party has been using their state legislators and their governments to prevent African-Americans from voting, because…