# Rand Paul drops out of Presidential race.\[ed.\] No he didn't.\[ed\] Yes. He did.

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**Created:** [August 22, 2015, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-paul-drops-out-of-presidential-race-ed-no-he-didnt-ed-yes-he-did/728499 "2015-08-22T02:09:46Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-paul-drops-out-of-presidential-race-ed-no-he-didnt-ed-yes-he-did/728499/21 "2015-08-25T06:40:46Z")

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So tonight there was a rerun of Seth Meyers on the Late Show, and he had Rachel Maddow on. One of the things he popped up was a viral video from Rand Paul using different ways to destroy the “tax code”, piles of paper. He set some on fire, dumped some through a wood chipper, used a chainsaw on some more, and asked people to vote.

His first question was to other people in other countries look at this and think “What the fuck?”

And then they pointed out that sadly, this season with so much bizarrity going on, this wouldn’t get him noticed for a day. Which is actually true - this is the first I’ve heard of it, weeks later (the show was from before the debate).

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**Post date:** [February 3, 2016, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-paul-drops-out-of-presidential-race-ed-no-he-didnt-ed-yes-he-did/728499/22 "2016-02-03T17:48:24Z")

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Yes, he is dropping out:

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> Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) announced Wednesday that he is suspending his presidential campaign, bringing an end to a bid that began with aspirations of expanding the libertarian base that his father, Ron Paul, built into a powerful national coalition.
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> “It’s been an incredible honor to run a principled campaign for the White House,” Paul said in a statement. “Today, I will end where I began, ready and willing to fight for the cause of Liberty.”

[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/02/03/rand-paul-suspends-presidential-campaign/](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/02/03/rand-paul-suspends-presidential-campaign/)

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**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2016, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-paul-drops-out-of-presidential-race-ed-no-he-didnt-ed-yes-he-did/728499/23 "2016-02-03T18:23:20Z")

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