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Ronald Ernest Paul is an American author, activist, medical doctor, and former politician who served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 22nd congressional district from 1976 to 1977, and again from 1979 to 1985, as well as for Texas's 14th congressional district from 1997 to 2013. On three occasions, he sought the presidency of the United States, first as the Libertarian Party nominee in 1988,…
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candidates (McCain—Republican Party, or Obama—Democratic Party) because there were no real differences between them, and because neither of them, if elected, would seek to make the fundamental changes in governance that were necessary. He urged instead that, rather than contribute to the
s strategy and that he had not been advising his supporters to sue, he was not going to tell his supporters not to sue, if they had a legitimate argument. He said,
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“candidates (McCain—Republican Party, or Obama—Democratic Party) because there were no real differences between them, and because neither of them, if elected, would seek to make the fundamental changes in governance that were necessary. He urged instead that, rather than contribute to the”
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“s strategy and that he had not been advising his supporters to sue, he was not going to tell his supporters not to sue, if they had a legitimate argument. He said,”
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Public attention spiked: 12,238 Wikipedia readers in one day, 10× the usual 1,229, with 2 article edits. Editors noted: Personal life
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Campaign: 2024 presidential election.
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Thank you for your concern." In April 2021, following Paul's absence from his daily show, the Ron Paul Liberty Report, his co-host Daniel McAdams revealed Paul's daughter, Lori Pyeatt, had recently died.
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Snopes rated the claim “A video of former Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul accurately claimed "masks don't work" to prevent the spread of COVID-19.” False.
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Paul was hospitalized after slurring his words while speaking during a livestream event
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Claimed: “Says Anthony Fauci’s statement that the coronavirus death rate is 10 times that of the seasonal flu is “a claim without any scientific basis."” — rated False by PolitiFact.
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Campaign: 2020 presidential election.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “In his farewell address to the House of Representatives in 2012, Ron Paul described Congress as “a bunch of psychopathic authoritarians.”” Mixture.
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The Guardian: Ron Paul criticizes Cruz's absence from Fed vote in support of son's campaign
Campaign: 2016 presidential election.
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The Guardian: Ron Paul aide convicted but another acquitted of charges related to 2012
The Guardian: Ron Paul's top 2012 campaign staff members indicted on felony charges
Paul ended all relationships with the Ron Paul Channel in order to start a new Internet program, which he co-hosts with Daniel McAdams, called The Ron Paul Liberty Report
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The Guardian: Ron Paul and other gold bugs keep fingers crossed for Swiss vote that could add $50 to price of gold
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With the swearing in of the 113th Congress
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Paul established the Ron Paul Channel, an Internet broadcast
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The Guardian: Ron Paul delegates continue convention dissent over failed 'delegate strategy'
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Paul received 23% of the votes and came in second after Romney's 39%
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“as well intentioned as sanctions are, they almost always backfire and hurt the people.”
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Campaign: 2012 Republican primary election.
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That "as well intentioned as sanctions are, they almost always backfire and hurt the people
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His life and career are the subject of the 2012 film Ron Paul Uprising.
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Campaign: 2012 presidential election.
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Paul announced that he would not seek re-election to the House in order to pursue the 2012 presidential election
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And on May 13, 2011, formally announced his candidacy in an interview on ABC's Good Morning America
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Paul was one of four Republican members of Congress to vote against Representative Paul Ryan's budget proposal, known as "The Path to Prosperity"
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Career landmark: United States representative (2011–2013).
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That "My personal opinion is government shouldn't be involved
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That "it was our foreign aid that helped Mubarak retain power to repress his people in the first place
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Career landmark: United States representative (2009–2011).
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Paul withdrew his bid for the Republican nomination
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Campaign: 2008 presidential election.
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Paul ultimately refused to endorse the ticket selected by the Republican Party in 2012
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Campaign: 2008 Republican primary election.
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Paul criticized the two major political parties, saying that there was no real difference between the parties and that neither of them truly intended to challenge the status quo
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Paul spoke at the John Birch Society's 50th-anniversary celebration
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“All-American Presidential Forum”
Career landmark: United States representative (2007–2009).
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And popularized in 2009 that is largely opposed to interventionism
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Career landmark: United States representative (2005–2007).
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Citizens for a Sound Economy split into two new organizations, with Citizens for a Sound Economy being renamed as FreedomWorks, and Citizens for a Sound Economy Foundation becoming Americans for Prosperity
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Which led to Viktor Yanukovych's ouster from government, Paul accused the National Endowment for Democracy of having staged a coup in Ukraine
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Career landmark: United States representative (2003–2005).
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Career landmark: United States representative (2001–2003).
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Joined with Democratic Congressman Barney Frank in helping pass the States' Rights to Medical Marijuana Act (H
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Career landmark: United States representative (1999–2001).
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Paul voted in favor of all four proposed articles of impeachment against Clinton (only two of which received the needed majority of votes to be adopted)
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Paul voted in favor of legislation that was passed to open an impeachment inquiry
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And 2000, Paul defeated Loy Sneary, a Democratic rice farmer from Bay City, Texas and former Matagorda County judge
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“s military attacks in the Middle East, namely the 1998 bombing of Iraq and Operation Infinite Reach, and not necessarily the Lewinsky scandal, which he described as far less serious than the”
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Career landmark: United States representative (1997–2013).
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Career landmark: United States representative (1997–1999).
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Since 1995, Carol Paul has published the Ron Paul Family Cookbook, a collection of recipes she and her friends contributed, and which was sold in part to support Ron Paul's political campaigns.
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“is a deeply American principle”
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But instead chose to endorse Republican Pat Buchanan that year, and served as an adviser to Buchanan's ultimately unsuccessful presidential primary campaign against incumbent President George H
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American psychologist and psychedelic advocate Timothy Leary held a fundraiser for Paul, who attended the event
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Campaign: 1988 presidential election.
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And then as a candidate for the Republican Party in 2008 and 2012
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And that "I worked for the Libertarians on my terms, not theirs
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And launched a bid for the presidency running on the Libertarian Party ticket
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With Paul serving as president, Rockwell as vice president, Paul's wife Carol as secretary, and daughter Lori Pyeatt as treasurer
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Upon resigning from the House of Representatives to prepare for a (failed) run for the Senate, and he eventually apologized to his libertarian friends for having supported Reagan
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Paul became the first chairman of the Citizens for a Sound Economy (CSE), a conservative political group founded by Charles and David Koch "to fight for less government, lower taxes, and less regulation
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Decided to retire from the House in order to run for the U
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Career landmark: United States representative (1983–1985).
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Aghast that "in 1977, Jimmy Carter proposed a budget with a $38 billion deficit, and every Republican in the House voted against it
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Career landmark: United States representative (1981–1983).
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Reagan proposed a budget with a $45 billion deficit—which turned out to be $113 billion—and Republicans were cheering his great victory
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Paul quickly became disillusioned with the Reagan administration's policies
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In opposition to President Jimmy Carter and the majority of his fellow Republican members of Congress
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Career landmark: United States representative (1979–1985).
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Career landmark: United States representative (1979–1981).
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Career landmark: United States representative (1976–1977).
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Paul formed the Foundation for Rational Economics and Education (FREE), and in 1985 was named the first chairman of the conservative PAC Citizens for a Sound Economy, both free-market groups focused on limited government
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“We have depended on government for so much for so long that we as people have become less vigilant of our liberties. As long as the government provides largesse for the majority, the special interest lobbyists will succeed in continuing the redistribution of welfare programs that occupies most of Congress's legislative time.”
“I am just absolutely convinced that the best formula for giving us peace and preserving the American way of life is freedom, limited government, and minding our own business overseas.”
“Original: «The most important element of a free society, where individual rights are held in the highest esteem, is the rejection of the initiation of violence.”
“Abortion leads to euthanasia. I believe that.”
Studied at Duke University, Doctor of Medicine (1961).
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And completed his medical internship at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit and his residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Magee-Womens Hospital in Pittsburgh
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Paul has been married to Carol (Carolyn) Wells since 1957.
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Studied at Gettysburg College, Bachelor of Arts (1957).
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When Wells asked Paul to be her escort to her 16th birthday party
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They met in 1952 when Wells asked Paul to be her escort to her 16th birthday party.
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In Pittsburgh, the son of Howard Caspar Paul (1904–1997), who ran a small dairy company, and Margaret Paul (née Dumont; 1908–2001)
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Born 1935-08-20.
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Awarded the Nobel Prize in Peace — for their prominent position in the international movement for peace and arbitration.
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