Rand Paul Tries to Intimidate & Harass Journalist After A Youtube Video

Luke Rudkowski talks with Abby Martin of MediaRoots.org and RT about
U.S. Senator Rand Paul's attempt to get her arrested and stripped of
her press credentials for asking him tough questions in the Capitol
building. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtO5I... A week after our video with Abby Martin came out on YouTube,
the RT office, where Abby works, got an ominous phone call from the
Senate Media Relations Committee. The Committee was acting on behalf
of Rand Paul and threatened both Abby and the entire RT news
organization. The threats included ambiguous "charges" for violating
the rules of the Committee floor, Abby's possible arrest and the
termination of her and the entire office's press credentials.

After a month of meetings and deliberation, the Senate Media Relations
office backed down and did not make good on any of their threats.

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[triangletime]

I despise Rand Paul, and anyone else in the government as much as the next guy, but i can not evidence that a "Senate Media Relations Committee" has ever existed. Plus you must know by now that politicians walking quickly by random people with microphones happens like a thousand times a day, I doubt highly you were singled out. Thumbs down for trying to make news stories out of your selves.

[robert gaffney]

All politicians are liars and thieves. We know they are lieing cos there lips are moving. No matter who we vote for they will still try to push us to war. This smarmy little gobshite paul is a rat an needs to be exposed. Trying to fire someone for asking a question, does that sound very democratic to you all? Keep asking him make the heinous little twat sorry. This arse and many like him are runnin our country, what a fuckin joke.

[robert gaffney]

Great senator! What a laugh. Ignorance is bliss ehh.

[robert gaffney]

It is not unimportant to want to question the people in power. Sitting back an giving people carte blanche to shit on us is why we are being suppressed to start with.

[flopress]

//Weak//

Who was Rand Paul supposed to endorse? Obama? Obama is the only other candidate besides Romney that had a chance to win in 2012.

Rand is one of the only decent Senators in America.

Why don't you interview the hundreds of paid stooges in the corrupt Democrat or establishment Republican parties. There are so many you can't list them all...

//Hack//



[Malcolm Phoss]

I really like rand paul, but I don't think he should have tried to get this reporter fired.

[crumbtrey]

Rand Paul wasted his 15 hour filibuster against drones by approving the use of a drone if it took out a thief robbing a liquor store. What's that say?

[stanthesmaer]

Don't delude yourself matrixr3569 they all shit in the same pot keep up

[matrixr3569]

Lmfao! I seriously doubt that Rand Paul would do that! Stop smearing a great Senators name!

[KEVRO]

abby, why not ask him the question when he called you in to talk to you?