Sen. Paul:

"We Need To Have Republican Community Organizers"

As leaders of the GOP continue to reel over the loss of the 2012 presidential election, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) believes he has the solution to restore Republican support among minority voters: Republican Community Organizers.


In an interview with CNN News’ The Brody File, Paul described his interactions with voters during his Senate campaign and time in office. He’d ask:
“What’s the one particular issue that you’re interested in that Republicans need to talk about, and they’d say, no, it’s about relationships…it’s about showing up in our community.”

While the concept of ‘community organizing’ received vast criticism from Republicans during the 2008 presidential election, Paul asserted his belief that strong community organization plays a vital role in policy formation on both sides of the aisle.
“I think the funny thing, or the ironic thing is some Republicans said, 'Oh, the president is just a community organizer.’ Well, being a community organizer is actually important for a politician. It’s being part of a community and I think we need to have Republican Community Organizers basically going into the community or people who are from the community hiring them and saying what is it? Can we go to church, a picnic, a bar-b-que? How do we relate and let people know that we do care about their situation, about making it better?”

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