[Video] Rand Paul addresses National Urban League convention in Cincinnati 7/25/14

[jct74]

video update:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aDEoTarH2c

http://www.cincinnati.com/videos/news/2014/07/25/7959585/


transcript:

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/383757/more-just-america-rand-paul



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Rand Paul Will Outline His Agenda For Minority Voters In National Urban League Address

By PHILLIP M. BAILEY
9:56 AM THU JULY 24, 2014

Republican U.S. Senator Rand Paul speaks before the National Urban League this Friday to outline an agenda relevant to minorities.

In a one-on-one interview with WFPL Thursday morning, Paul previewed a speech that will focus on criminal justice reform, school choice, and economic freedom zones.

"I think all of these have relevance to really the agenda of the Urban League and the things the Urban League would like to pass," said Paul. "The things we're doing to try to restore voting rights to make the war on drugs less of a burden on one community are all things people in the Urban League both support politically and hopefully the audience will as well."

Over 8,000 participants are convening at the conference in Cincinnati to discuss jobs and economic opportunities for the black community.

Paul will deliver his message a day after Vice President Joe Biden addresses the civil rights group, providing the GOP lawmaker with a national audience in his continued effort to build the case for black voters to give Republicans a chance.

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read more:
http://wfpl.org/post/rand-paul-will-outline-his-agenda-minority-voters-national-urban-league-address

[jct74]

Paul courts African Americans at Urban League

By MIKE ALLEN | 7/24/14 9:54 AM EDT

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), as part of a methodical effort to reach out to voters beyond the Republican base, will use a speech Friday to the National Urban League to unveil a major push on education reform, which he said will include “school choice, vouchers, charter schools, you name it — I think we need innovation.”

Paul, reaching out to youthful and minority audiences as he builds toward a likely 2016 presidential campaign, talked privacy in Berkeley in March, and earlier this month began an effort to make sentencing reform one of his signature issues.

The senator will be in Cincinnati on Friday for the Urban League’s annual conference, which this year has the theme, “One Nation Underemployed: Bridges to Jobs and Justice.” Paul’s speech will be heavy on criminal-justice reform, but will also give a peek at his plans on education.

“I’ll say this in my speech in Cincinnati: ‘Look, I grew up and went to public schools. My kids have gone to public schools. But, frankly, not all public schools are equal,’” Paul said. “And … we can’t just allow the status quo to go on, where some public schools are just incompetent, and kids are not really getting an education. And … this puts them at a lifelong disadvantage.’”

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read more:
http://www.politico.com/story/2014/07/rand-paul-african-american-vote-national-urban-league-109328.html?hp=l4

[jct74]

Rand Paul's Urban League Message
He'll push criminal justice reform, school choice and economic freedom zones.

By David Catanese
July 24, 2014 | 7:00 a.m. EDT

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., will attempt to gin up support for criminal justice reform, school choice and economic freedom zones during his address to the Urban League convention Friday.

In a preview of his speech, Paul – the only Republican elected official slated to speak to the largely African-American conference – told U.S. News he expected his policy ideas to resonate with the crowd, despite their long-held allegiance to the Democratic Party.

"I'm not so sure there will be resistance to any of the three," says Paul, of the ideas he will promote. "It's policy driven but I go there also with the intention of trying to convince African-American voters that there are Republicans that are interested in their votes."

The 2016 presidential prospect has mounted a sustained effort to broaden the GOP and actually appearing before black audiences has been an integral part of the strategy. None of the topics Paul plans to cover will be new, but the audience will be.

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read more:
http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/run-2016/2014/07/24/rand-pauls-urban-league-message

[CaptUSA]

This is important. Instead of focusing attention on what government can do FOR this community, he is focusing on what government is doing TO these communities.

This is an easy argument to make, and it is one that they already feel.

[PaleoPaul]

I like how Rand is trying to bring in urban voters to the GOP. This is something that should have been done ages ago. Why do you think Ohio, Virginia, Florida, Nevada, Colorado, and New Mexico are trending blue? Many of the voters live in urban areas!

The days in which Peoria decided the election are LONG gone.

[jct74]

here's the full video:

http://www.wlwt.com/news/watch-sen-rand-pauls-speech-to-urban-league-conference/27145082

[jct74]

transcript:

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/383757/more-just-america-rand-paul

[philipped]

This is important. Instead of focusing attention on what government can do FOR this community, he is focusing on what government is doing TO these communities.

This is an easy argument to make, and it is one that they already feel.

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to CaptUSA again.

[jct74]

here's some more coverage of Rand's speech:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-07-25/paul-seeks-reach-beyond-base-in-urban-league-speech.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/26/us/rand-paul-urban-league-speech.html
http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/25/politics/paul-urban-league/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/07/25/rand-paul-lays-out-his-third-way-proposals-to-attract-minorities-to-the-gop/

[jct74]

here's a longer video with introductions:

http://www.cincinnati.com/videos/news/2014/07/25/7959585/

[georgiaboy]

Is Rand the only conservative doing this kind of outreach? If so, why? If not, why aren't we hearing about it?

[jct74]

tube


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgfsoYpI59E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgfsoYpI59E

[idiom]

Is Rand the only conservative doing this kind of outreach? If so, why? If not, why aren't we hearing about it?

Paul Ryan is, and he gets headlines, but mostly for failing at it.

[Dary]

391 views. The other vid on youtube just like it has like 501 views.

I wouldn't call that viral exactly.

[jct74]

391 views. The other vid on youtube just like it has like 501 views.

I wouldn't call that viral exactly.

Rand tweeted out the cincinnati.com link, he didn't post it on his youtube channel. your point seems kind of pointless.

[Crashland]

The speech was great, but it didn't sound or look like he had a particularly large audience (see the NY times article with the note/photo about the empty seats), which is really too bad. The media coverage is probably more important though and he got a nice amount of that.

[jct74]

The speech was great, but it didn't sound or look like he had a particularly large audience (see the NY times article with the note/photo about the empty seats), which is really too bad. The media coverage is probably more important though and he got a nice amount of that.

that's mostly because the speech was at 8 am in the morning, which the NYTimes article didn't mention (of course).

[Vanguard101]

I think he's pushing it when he talks about the CRA and the voting rights act

[Crashland]

that's mostly because the speech was at 8 am in the morning, which the NYTimes article didn't mention (of course).

Ah I didn't realize that. You mean he doesn't have the accolades yet to be the keynote speaker at the event? smh! :D

[Dary]

Rand tweeted out the cincinnati.com link, he didn't post it on his youtube channel. your point seems kind of pointless.

Well, with the video at the cincinnati link not working and the vid at youtube without many views, my point (which is that there are not a whole hell of a lot of people seeing the speech) is valid.

Your point, that my point seems pointless, is pointless in itself.

[jct74]

Well, with the video at the cincinnati link not working and the vid at youtube without many views, my point (which is that there are not a whole hell of a lot of people seeing the speech) is valid.

Your point, that my point seems pointless, is pointless in itself.

sorry, i was being a little grumpy. but anyways the cincinatti.com link was working for a while, I would guess most of the views went there and also the other wlwt link. if Rand uploaded it on his youtube channel it would get thousands of views, but still probably not that many since it is an almost 20 minutes speech, not a lot of people have time for that.

[Legend1104]

This is important. Instead of focusing attention on what government can do FOR this community, he is focusing on what government is doing TO these communities.

This is an easy argument to make, and it is one that they already feel.

I have been a teacher for 6 years and teach in classes where it is made up of about 87% black students. From experience of talking to them I can tell you that they are mostly republicans. They are mostly pro-life, anti government, anti-police state, pro gun (this is a big one with them), low taxes, mostly against gay marriage etc. The only reason that the dems hold onto blacks so tightly is social programs. If you can successfully argue that the government is not helping you and move away from that issue then you can win them.

[PaleoPaul]

I have been a teacher for 6 years and teach in classes where it is made up of about 87% black students. From experience of talking to them I can tell you that they are mostly republicans. They are mostly pro-life, anti government, anti-police state, pro gun (this is a big one with them), low taxes, mostly against gay marriage etc. The only reason that the dems hold onto blacks so tightly is social programs. If you can successfully argue that the government is not helping you and move away from that issue then you can win them.
You have to be VERY careful in your approach to that, though. They could see you as perpetuating the stereotype of the lazy black welfare moocher who has rims on his Cadillac and is behind on his child support.

[jct74]

here's the tube on Rand's youtube channel



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aDEoTarH2c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aDEoTarH2c

[FriedChicken]

I don't normally watch 18m videos on youtube (in a rare occasion I'm home alone without my wife and two extremely hyper children) but that was a very good speech.

He hit the nail on the head so many times it was great.
This kind of speech gives me the confidence that he really is a force to be reckoned with in the debates and campaign trail.

Oh, and I think he really means what he is saying. Not pandering.