Chuck Todd Says Ron Paul is the "Godfather" of the Tea Party
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0:00 - 0:03MATTHEWS: Let‘s go down to Rand Paul, on
the other side where you -
0:03 - 0:07have another establishment candidate defeated,
Trey Grayson, who was -
0:07 - 0:12sort of anointed by Senate Republican leader
Mitch McConnell. Here‘s -
0:12 - 0:17Rand Paul, the upstart, the hero, I must say,
of the tea party people, -
0:17 - 0:20the son of Ron Paul who ran for president
last time. Here he is -
0:20 - 0:23delivering his message on behalf of the tea
party. Here he is sort of -
0:23 - 0:26accepting the crown from them, let‘s listen.
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0:26 - 0:26(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
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0:26 - 0:30RAND PAUL, KENTUCKY SENATE CANDIDATE: I have
a message, a -
0:30 - 0:34message from the tea party, a message that
is loud and clear and does -
0:34 - 0:38not mince words. We‘ve come to take our
government back. -
0:38 - 0:40(END VIDEO CLIP)
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0:40 - 0:44MATTHEWS: Can he win as a tea party guy per
se, or is he going to move to the center? -
0:44 - 0:48TODD: Rand Paul did something Mitch McConnell
has never down in the state of Kentucky, -
0:48 - 0:51Rand Paul has earned more votes in a Republican
primary, -
0:51 - 0:56turned out more Republicans in a Republican
primary in the history of Republican politics -
0:56 - 0:57in Kentucky.
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0:57 - 1:01This was Mitch McConnell‘s party, it‘s
not Mitch McConnell‘s party, -
1:01 - 1:04it‘s Rand Paul‘s party as far as what
you look like tonight. -
1:04 - 1:10TODD: Really quickly, who would have thought
that Ron Paul would be the Republican presidential -
1:10 - 1:10candidate
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1:10 - 1:16with more influence on the Republican Party
in 2010 than any of those other guys that -
1:16 - 1:17we covered in ‘08.
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1:17 - 1:23Not Fred Thompson, not Mitt Romney, not John
McCain, but Ron Paul? Godfather of the tea -
1:23 - 1:23party movement?
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1:23 - 1:23(CROSSTALK)
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1:23 - 1:27MATTHEWS: Ron Paul, who Rudy Giuliani mocked
in every debate.
- Title:
- Chuck Todd Says Ron Paul is the "Godfather" of the Tea Party
- Description:
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On MSNBC's Hardball, Chris Matthews and Chuck Todd discuss the primary victory of Rand Paul, son of Representative Ron Paul (R-TX). Chuck Todd goes on to say that Ron Paul is the "Godfather" of the Tea Party movement.
- Duration:
- 01:28
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