Presidential Candidate Rand Paul Makes Campaign Stop In Chicago
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Republican U.S. Senator Rand Paul brought his presidential campaign and his policy positions to Chicago in one of the first overtly political public visits to the city this year, reports WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore.
Senator Paul made an overtly political stop for a rally at Pastor Corey Brooks' New Beginnings Church on the South Side, the first Republican to do that here. He later tried to toe the line at what was billed as a non-partisan discussion with the conservative Illinois Policy Institute.
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Technically, Rand Paul's appearance for the Illinois Policy Institute wasn't campaigning. The very conservative group is non-partisan, and tax-exempt. But, he referred to the earlier campaign stop he did make while talking about fighting poverty. He evoked applause when he said he didn't want to send money from Washington to the South Side of Chicago.
He said he wanted to keep the money that was already on the South Side and never send it to Washington. And he hit other conservative "hot buttons," triggering applause with statements about term limits, school choice and lowering taxes.
Asked to give advice to Illinois leaders in these troubled times, he said the state took the right step by electing Republican Governor Bruce Rauner, and he mentioned that he had hired Rauner's former campaign manager. Otherwise, the senator just touched on tried and true conservative issues.
