"Sen. Rand Paul walked out of a Guardian U.S. interview being conducted via the live streaming app Periscope on Friday.
Guardian reporter Paul Lewis was asking the Kentucky Republican and 2016 Republican presidential candidate about criminal justice reform.
"One more question for you, sorry we have to sometimes be a bit forceful, when you stand for president you get pressed and questioned and you understand that," Lewis said, before mentioning that at Paul's campaign launch on Tuesday he got an enthusiastic response to his calls for criminal justice reform.
"You're standing for the Republican nomination, all the research shows that Republicans, white
Republicans who will determine the outcome
of this race, don't think criminal law is applied in an unfair way, so
how are you going to win the nomination with this..." Lewis asked before
being cut off by Paul.
"I think your premise is incorrect," Paul said. "I think I can take that message into a white Evangelical church anywhere in Iowa and give the exact same speech and be received well."
Lewis then tried to quote a recent Washington Post and ABC poll, before Paul pointed at him, looked at his staff, said something unintelligible and walked out.
Lewis got back in front of the camera to explain what happened when the lights in the room were turned off.
"So we got that interview cut off maybe it was because I was about to push him on the specific, oh the lights are off in fact, we're being told to go," Lewis said.
Paul's team later tweeted "We didn't turn the lights off and neither did my staff. CNN producers did. It was time for my interview with [CNN's Dana Bash.]"
Lewis later tweeted that a CNN producer was the one to turn out the lights." Politico
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"If the political Twittersphere is to be believed, 2016 presidential candidate Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul had another unfortunate spat with a reporter, walking out of an interview with Guardian reporter Paul Lewis.
In short, Paul only “walks out” of the interview after being told that it was the last question. Paul also had an interview with CNN immediately following the Guardian interview, making a sudden interview cut-off that more understandable." DailyCaller
Guardian reporter Paul Lewis was asking the Kentucky Republican and 2016 Republican presidential candidate about criminal justice reform.
"One more question for you, sorry we have to sometimes be a bit forceful, when you stand for president you get pressed and questioned and you understand that," Lewis said, before mentioning that at Paul's campaign launch on Tuesday he got an enthusiastic response to his calls for criminal justice reform.
"You're standing for the Republican nomination, all the research shows that Republicans, white
"I think your premise is incorrect," Paul said. "I think I can take that message into a white Evangelical church anywhere in Iowa and give the exact same speech and be received well."
Lewis then tried to quote a recent Washington Post and ABC poll, before Paul pointed at him, looked at his staff, said something unintelligible and walked out.
Lewis got back in front of the camera to explain what happened when the lights in the room were turned off.
"So we got that interview cut off maybe it was because I was about to push him on the specific, oh the lights are off in fact, we're being told to go," Lewis said.
Paul's team later tweeted "We didn't turn the lights off and neither did my staff. CNN producers did. It was time for my interview with [CNN's Dana Bash.]"
Lewis later tweeted that a CNN producer was the one to turn out the lights." Politico
----NOT-----
"If the political Twittersphere is to be believed, 2016 presidential candidate Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul had another unfortunate spat with a reporter, walking out of an interview with Guardian reporter Paul Lewis.
In short, Paul only “walks out” of the interview after being told that it was the last question. Paul also had an interview with CNN immediately following the Guardian interview, making a sudden interview cut-off that more understandable." DailyCaller
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