25 Jul 2013 7:50 pm
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is pushing forward with Republican outreach efforts to black and Hispanic voters, asserting in a Yahoo News interview that he doesn't "think there's anyone in Congress who has a stronger belief in minority rights than I do."His comments were delivered in the wake of controversy surrounding the senator's aide Jack Hunter, who resigned within the past week. Hunter, the co-author of Paul's book The Tea Party Goes to Washington, came under fire for his past radio commentary supporting neo-Confederate ideology and denouncing the possibility of "a non-white majority in America."Paul has addressed that controversy head-on, defending Hunter as a talented and thought-provoking writer whose previous work was designed for political shock value."If I thought he was a white supremacist, he would be fired immediately," Paul told The Huffington Post earlier this month. "We won't tolerate that, and I've seen no evidence of that."http://www.huffingto..._n_3653671.htmlApparently Rand Paul wasn't looking very hard.Hunter, an avowed secessionist, once wrote that he "raises a personal toast every May 10 to celebrate John Wilkes Booth's birthday."Hunter said that "John Wilkes Booth's heart was in the right place."Oh, and then there's the mask.Jack Hunter aka The Southern Avenger.