Ron Paul

Events (45)

• May 22 - October 11, 1996: Paul Admits Authorship of Newsletters, Accuses Opponent of ‘Gutter-Level Politics’ by Publicizing Them 1996-10-11
• April 28, 1999: Republican Introduces Amendment to Repeal Income, Estate Taxes, Strengthen State Governments 1999-04-28
• October 1, 2001: Paul Denies Writing Decades’ Worth of Newsletters, Some of Which Contain Racially Objectionable Content 2001-10-01
• October 24, 2001: House and Senate Pass Patriot Act Without Reading It 2001-10-24
• July 9-10, 2006: Potential 2008 Presidential Candidate Lists Federal Programs, Agencies He Would Eliminate, Including Social Security, Federal Reserve 2006-07-09
• July 22, 2007: Ron Paul Says He Agrees with Almost All Positions of John Birch Society 2007-07-22
• October 8, 2007: Paul Addresses Nativist Organization Led by Man with Numerous Racist Ties 2007-10-08
• December 16, 2007: ’Tea Party’ Fundraiser for Paul Later Considered Important Event Leading to Formation of ‘Tea Party’ Movement 2007-12-16
• January 8-15, 2008: Racist Content of Paul’s Newsletters Exposed; Paul Denies Knowledge of Content 2008-01-08
• January 12-15, 2008: Ron Paul Supporters Say Exposure of Racist Newsletter Content Is Result of Conspiracy between Magazine, Rival Libertarian Institute 2008-01-12
• January 16, 2008: Libertarian-Republican Presidential Candidate Denies Authorship of Racially Inflammatory Newsletter Material 2008-01-16
• August 4, 2008: Ron Paul Gives Keynote Speech at John Birch Society Convention, Credits Society for Sparking His Presidential Run 2008-08-04
• November 5, 2008: Libertarian House Member Accuses Obama of Working towards ‘New World Order’ 2008-11-05
• February 24, 2009: Republican Introduces Bill that Removes US from UN, Remove UN Mission from American Soil 2009-02-24
• March 2, 2009: Conservative Magazine Claims ‘Tea Party’ Movement Entirely Spontaneous 2009-03-02
• April 4, 2009: Police Murderer Discovered to Be White Supremacist Who Feared Gun Confiscation 2009-04-04
• August 9, 2009: Republican Faces Shouts, Imprecations When He Tells Crowd to ‘Turn Off Glenn Beck’ and Stop ‘Fear-Mongering’ 2009-08-09
• September 12, 2009: ’Tea Party’ Rally Draws 60-70,000, but Claims up to 2 Million 2009-09-12
• October 12, 2009: ’Tea Party’ Protesters Attack Republican Senator for Not Being Conservative Enough 2009-10-12
• October 15, 2009 and After: White Supremacist Political Party ‘American Third Position’ Founded in California 2009-10-15
• November 5, 2009: Rally Uses Racial, ‘Communist’ Slurs against Obama, Democrats; Fox Pundit Quadruples Crowd Size to Claim ‘Massive’ Turnout 2009-11-05
• December 11, 2009: John Birch Society Labels South Africa’s Mandela a ‘Communist Terrorist Thug’ 2009-12-11
• February 15, 2010: New York Times Publishes Tea Party Analysis, Documents Movement towards Far-Right Militia Ideology 2010-02-15
• March 27-30, 2010: FBI Arrests Nine ‘Christian Warriors’ for Planning to Kill Police Officers in Michigan 2010-03-27
• March 17, 2011: Republican Reintroduces Bill that Removes US from UN, Remove UN Mission from American Soil 2011-03-17
• March 23, 2011: Republican Representative Says States Can Ignore Constitution, ‘Nullify’ Federal Laws 2011-03-23
• April 16, 2011: California Tea Party Rally Co-Organized by White Supremacist Political Organization 2011-04-16
• May 5, 2011: Racist, Militia Groups Sponsor Rally before Republican Presidential Debate in South Carolina 2011-05-05
• December 18, 2011: Presidential Candidate Advocates Arrest, Impeachment of ‘Radical’ ‘Activist’ Judges 2011-12-18
• December 21, 2011: Paul Walks out of Interview When Questioned about Racist, Anti-Semitic Newsletters 2011-12-21
• December 28, 2011: Virginia GOP to Require Primary Voters to Sign ‘Loyalty Oath’ 2011-12-28
• January 3, 2012: Republican Primary Spending in Iowa Breaks Records; Spending Driven by ‘Independent’ Super PACs Airing Onslaught of Negative Ads 2012-01-03
• February 3-4, 2012: Republican Presidential Candidate: Victims of ‘Honest Rape’ Should Receive Estrogen Shots, Refuses to Endorse Abortions for Rape Victims 2012-02-03
• February 21, 2012: Billionaire Donors Driving Republican Primaries, Research Shows 2012-02-21
• February 21, 2012: Five Donors Make Up 25 Percent of Super PAC Donations; Republicans Dominating Fundraising 2012-02-21
• March 4, 2012: Republican Presidential Candidate Says Limbaugh’s Apology for Three-Day Attack on Law Student Insincere, Self-Serving 2012-03-04
• March 6, 2012: Republican Frontrunner Refuses to Comment on Limbaugh Controversy 2012-03-06
• March 26, 2012: Two-Year Anniversary of ‘Citizens United’ Decision: 80 Billionaires Contribute Two-Thirds of Super PAC Funds 2012-03-26
• April 5-7, 2012: Journalists from Left and Right Condemn ‘Racist’ Columnist 2012-04-05
• May 2, 2012: Media Project Documents Huge Spike in Third-Party Advertising, Strong Negative Turn 2012-05-02
• May 3, 2012: Republican Presidential Nominee Advised by Neoconservatives who Advocate Huge Military Spending Increases, War with Iran 2012-05-03
• March 2010: Military-Style ‘Oath Keepers’ Profiled by Progressive Magazine
• April 2009: Republican Chairman Asks Tea Partiers to Cease Using ‘Anti-Semitic’ Image to Promote Events
• December 2011: John Birch Society Attempts to Reframe Itself as a Patriotic Organization with No Racist, Anti-Semitic Ideology
• 1978-1996: Texas Representative Ron Paul’s Newsletters Contain a Host of Bigoted Claims and Observations