Rand Paul in MSNBC news programs

On Families & Children: Revival of values depends on fusing freedom and virtue

Paul--whose libertarian views don't always sync with those of Christian conservatives--said his policies were key to preserving family values: "What American needs is not a politician with more promises, what America really needs is a revival," Paul said, earning his first cheers of the speech. He went on to argue that that the revival depends on fusing freedom and virtue together. "Liberty is exactly essential to virtue," he said.

Paul championed his anti-abortion stance; he was introduced to the crowd by a video montage of his own pro-life remarks interspersed with sonograms of babies in the womb. "I'm one who will march for life and who will stand up in defense of life as long as I'm privileged to hold office," Paul told the crowd.

Paul's strongest applause came when he brought up was his failed legislative attempt to stop foreign aid from reaching countries that persecute Christians. "Let's stop this madness!" he said.

Source: Jane C. Timm on 2014 MSNBC: 2016 presidential hopefuls Dec 25, 2014

On Homeland Security: Transparency is mostly good; we should not have torture

Sen. Rand Paul--someone who has spoken out against waterboarding as torture before--declined to weigh in on how the [newly-released Senate report on torture] reflected on former president Bush, giving a cautious statement when caught outside his Senate office: "It's important that people take a stand and representatives take a stand on whether they believe torture should be allowed. I think we should not have torture," Paul said. "Transparency is mostly good for government. The only thing I would question is whether or not the actual details, the gruesomeness of the details, will be beneficial or inflammatory."

Florida's Sen. Marco Rubio weighed in with one of the strongest responses, in a joint statement with Idaho's Sen. Jim Risch, calling the release of the report "reckless and irresponsible" and demanding a more current detention and interrogation policy. Sen. Ted Cruz said "Senate Democrats have endangered Americans" by releasing the report.

Source: MSNBC 2014 coverage of 2016 presidential hopefuls Dec 11, 2014

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