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Okay, and thats -- and i dont mean that to be insulting. i dont know what you know. first, one of the african-american u.s. senators was a guy named, uh -- blanking on his name from massachusetts. >> brooks. >> brooks, edwin brooks. and his, his -- howard graduate, yes. >> a few months later, it came out that paul employed a man who once went by the name southern avenger and once said that "although lincolns assassin, john wilkes booths heart was in the right place, the southern avenger does reg...

America. and so far, the results have not been great. there was howard university. >> if i would have said, who do you think the founders of the naacp are, do you think the republicans or democrats -- would anyone in here know they were all republicans? >> yes. >> all right, all right, you know more than i know. okay, and thats -- and i dont mean that to be insulting. i dont know what you know. first, one of the african-american u.s. senators was a guy named, uh -- blanking on his name from mass...

Minorities. at howard paul tried to sway hearts and minds by reminding his audience of the roots of the grand old party. >> who did the republican party, the party of the great emancipator lose the trust in faith of an entire race? >> how did the party of the great emancipator lose the trust and faith of the entire race. after all, the republican party elected the first african-american senator. how could an entire race forget that? at least rand paul remembered. kind of. >> ill give you one exa...

The award every year for the next 20 years. and then today something amazing happened. senator rand paul went to howard university, and im here to tell you, ladies and gentlemen, we have a new front-runner. >> some people have asked me, are you nervous about speaking at howard, they say, you know, some of the students there, they may be democrats. that an unjust law is any law that a majority enforces on a minority but does not make binding upon itself. one of the african-american u.s. senators ...

The award every year for the next 20 years. and then today something amazing happened. senator rand paul went to howard university, and im here to tell you, ladies and gentlemen, we have a new front-runner. >> some people have asked me, are you nervous about speaking at howard, they say, you know, some of the students there, they may be democrats. that an unjust law is any law that a majority enforces on a minority but does not make binding upon itself. one of the african-american u.s. senators ...

And then today something amazing happened. senator rand paul went to howard university, and im here to tell you, ladies and gentlemen, we have a new front-runner. >> some people have asked me, are you nervous about speaking at howard, they say, you know, some of the students there, they may be democrats. that an unjust law is any law that a majority enforces on a minority but does not make binding upon itself. one of the african-american u.s. senators was a guy named -- im blanking on his name f...