Facts, they are a bitch.
Via Daily Mail:
‘We’ll have to see what the Howard students thought,’ Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul shouted from an elevator Wednesday afternoon, answering MailOnline’s question about whether his foray into winning the hearts and minds of black youths was successful.
Paul, a Republican darling who is already laying the groundwork for a 2016 presidential run with a coming appearance in New Hampshire, had just wrapped up a two-hour appearance at the Howard University School of Business.
Howard is among the U.S. colleges classified as ‘historically black,’ and the audience of approximately 300 included few white faces apart from those belonging to reporters.
‘Some have said that I’m either brave or crazy to be here today,’ Paul told the students, acknowledging the seeming incongruity of a Republican competing openly for the support of young African-Americans.
‘I’ve never been one to watch the world go by without participating. I wake up each day hoping to make a difference,’ he said.
Brian Menifee, a Howard student, unfurled a banner in the middle of Paul’s remarks that indicated how much of an uphill climb Republicans have in front of them.
‘Howard University Doesn’t Support White Supremacy,’ the banner read, a picture of which was taken outside by a Huffington Post reporter. […]
‘The history of African-American repression in this country rose from government-sanctioned racism,’ Paul explained. ‘Jim Crow laws were a product of bigoted state and local governments.’