Then Benton, now a top enforcer for McConnell, told reporters that Paul “misspoke a little.” “I don’t know exactly why those words came out of Senator Paul’s mouth,” Benton said, according to the Associated Press, adding that Bevin “does have a long record of stretching and bending the truth to suit his purposes.”
Paul explains: “I try to say nice things about other Republicans from my state. I have endorsed Senator McConnell and support Senator McConnell, but I also don’t have anything bad to say about his opponent.” And as for Bevin’s character, his remarks were no mistake.
“I know him and from what I’ve seen of him I wouldn’t attack his character,” Paul says. Asked about Paul’s remarks, Benton says in an e-mail that Paul “simply doesn’t have all the facts”: Rand is a gentleman and is always looking for the best in people.
I will say that Rand simply doesn’t have all the facts, and that as you get to know Matt Bevin, you see how comfortable Bevin is at stretching the truth and inventing facts. But it’s not Rand’s job to know that, nor is it his job to attack Bevin. We have Rand’s friendship and support, and that’s all we would ever ask for.
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