Update: Rand Paul reddit AMA set for Thursday @ 7:30 pm ET!

[nikcers]

https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/4143wv/ama_request_rand_paul/

My 5 Questions:

1. What are your thoughts on the inefficiencies of the VA?
2. What is your policy on the war on drugs?
3. What should be the United State's approach to the growing threat of ISIS/ISIL?
4. What is your proudest moment as Senator?
5. What would you change with our foreign policy?

Public Contact Information: @RandPaul

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update:

update #2: Thread is now live for posting questions, Rand will be back at 7:30 ET to answer

https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/commen...ial_candidate/

[phill4paul]

He should do this. It's not an supportive environment but I think he could pull it off.

[Suzu]

AMA means -- ?

[luctor-et-emergo]

AMA means -- ?

Ask Me Anything.

Basically a town-hall type format. /Or exactly what he was doing yesterday.

[phill4paul]

I wonder if a Reddit/twitter AMA could be engineered. With someone reading off AMA questions and then Rand answering them in real time?

[Crashland]

He should, but he also should have done it a long while back. Even if a good chunk of the questions he answers have nothing to do with politics, what it does is establish a personal connection to voters which makes them more attached and less likely to jump ship. Like the #RandRally, the energy was very high! People want to support a person not a politician.

[mello]

That's what typically happens for Reddit AMAs.

[FriedChicken]

Awesome. Someone can tweet this to the campaign maybe? He needs to stay full throttle on staying engaged.

A cable network might even host a Q&A seeing how much attention the live stream got on the internet. It would bring in ratings I'm sure.

Or better yet,a local station in Iowa and in addition to the network broadcast stream it live on YouTube.

[CPUd]

[Kotin]

NICE!!

[CPUd]

Ron Paul did one a while back. Someone sent him some bitcoin.

[Jackie Moon]

Ron Paul did one a while back. Someone sent him some bitcoin.

Will probably get linked in r/Bitcoin too when he does it, have seen a few Rand posts on the front page there.

That's a good target audience to go after. He already accepts Bitcoin and making a few statements about how government should stay out of trying to regulate it would win a lot of people over.

[nikcers]

I think right now is the best time to do it, no matter what he will be met will Bernie Trolls, but I think Rand does best when he is in the lions den. He's very likable at the moment politically, due to his recent unpopularity with the establishment. They really don't know how big of a favor they did him because the reason why he wasn't getting good reception is because he was seen as too cozy with the RNC/FOX.

[Brian4Liberty]

It's not an supportive environment...

Say no more. That's a big "no". Never cater to the haters.

[ChristianAnarchist]

Tried reddit but like the man says, a bunch of haters. I will participate though as all of this gets publicity and publicity is good...

[Jackie Moon]

I think it would go well overall. Talk about foreign policy, the war on drugs, internet privacy etc.

The request has 3400 upvotes... 83% of total votes.

The top comment is "Agreed, he seems like a reasonable dude. Too bad he gets no time to share his views cuz he's not spouting hatred of minorities...", with 836 upvotes.

There would be trolling, but there would be a lot of good questions and he can choose to answer those... which would then be upvoted and seen above the troll posts.

And Rand isn't like a certain other candidate, he has thick skin and can handle himself.

[CPUd]

There are enough Rand supporters in r/randpaul to mitigate the trolling. They just got a bump in subscribers this week.

[ChristianAnarchist]

There are enough Rand supporters in r/randpaul to mitigate the trolling. They just got a bump in subscribers this week.

Just went there and signed in for the first time in maybe a year. I upvoted everything about Rand I saw. I'm certain I'm subscribed to r/randpaul but I'll be damned if I can find proof of that...

edit- found it. I'm subscribed...

[Cabal]

Rand just confirmed it.

[DP714]

The only candidates with support on Reddit are Rand Paul (probably 10%, and this is very generous) and Bernie (90+%). It's a very liberal crowd, but Rand can handle it.

[moraha]

The only candidates with support on Reddit are Rand Paul (probably 10%, and this is very generous) and Bernie (90+%). It's a very liberal crowd, but Rand can handle it.

Yea people might think you're exaggerating but the Politics section is literally 90% Bernie posts. Each with 200+ replies.

[RDM]

We've confirmed the @reddit AMA! Senator @RandPaul will be answering your questions tomorrow, 1/21, at 7:30pm ET!

[nikcers]

We've confirmed the @reddit AMA! Senator @RandPaul will be answering your questions tomorrow, 1/21, at 7:30pm ET!

If this is confirmed then this needs more exposure, reddit AMA's are a live event in the sense that people like to read them as they happen, is there a post we can upvote on reddit to make this gain visibility? I wish he would of done this during the debate.

[nskokov]

Long time lurker here from Ron's 2012 cycle.

Reddit is actually pretty supportive towards Rand, more so than Trump/Cruz. About half the people in r/politics say things like, "he is the smartest in the GOP field..I just wish his economics were different but I love his foreign policy" while the other half just think he is completely irrelevant and nothing like his father (who btw was loved on reddit nearly as much as Bernie is now.)

Obviously Rand won't be able to answer all the questions asked so I think it is important to have intellectual discussion (as much as possible) with the Sanders supporters when the inevitable questions about the environment, top 1%, healthcare, etc. pop up. AMA's with prominent politicians get tons of views so this is a great opportunity for Rand and his supporters to spread the message of liberty. So if you don't have a reddit account its worthwhile to make one. All it requires is an email account.

[CPUd]

I made a reddit account for this.

[ChristianAnarchist]

I made a reddit account for this.

I have a very dusty reddit account (same handle) so I'll be there...

[jct74]

[philipped]

If they kept it 2,016% and periscoped it, and have it on Facebook live like the town halls lately with him on the computer (of course with others; just not visually) doing it then it would be a knock out of the park.

[brandon]

So if you don't have a reddit account its worthwhile to make one. All it requires is an email account.

You don't even need an email address. You just pick a username and password, and you're done.

[nskokov]

You don't even need an email address. You just pick a username and password, and you're done.

ah youre right, its been a while since i made my account. hopefully rand will be able to answer a lot of questions