Rand Paul blasts “first black president” over civil rights & spying, Al Sharpton fires back (VIDEO)

by Austin Petersen

Only Race Hustlers Can Talk About Race & Civil Rights

In an op-ed criticizing President Barack Obama‘s spying programs at the NSA, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) blasted the president by invoking race to criticize his civil rights record. Reverend Al Sharpton took extreme offense, defending Obama’s unconstitutional spy programs.

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“The first African-American president ought to be a little more conscious of the fact of what has happened with the abuses of domestic spying,” Paul said. “Martin Luther King was spied upon, civil rights leaders were spied upon, Muhammad Ali was spied upon, antiwar protesters were spied upon.”

“The possibility for abuse in this is incredible,” the senator added. “So I don’t care if there’s never been any evidence of abuse with the NSA. They should not be collecting the data.”

Paul’s message was enthusiastically received with a standing ovation at notoriously liberal Berkeley College when he gave a speech there last week. But the liberal race baiters of the media establishment were none too pleased.

Reverend Al Sharpton took to the airwaves to return fire at Senator Paul, playing defense for the Obama regime and invoking faux outrage over Paul invoking race in a discussion over civil rights. It seems that only ineffective minority leaders are allowed to speak out on civil rights issues. Sharpton criticized Senator Paul, calling him mistakenly by his father’s name in a short segment on MSNBC.

“Where does Ron [sic] Paul get off talking about race and civil rights at all?” Sharpton asked. “That’s inexcusable,’ he says.




Austin Petersen is a homegrown Missourian with a lifelong passion for liberty. He grew up on a horse farm in Peculiar, Missouri and went on to attend Missouri State University, graduating with a degree in the Fine Arts. After developing a career in media in both New York City and Washington, D.C., he returned to Kansas City, MO, the city he now calls home. In 2016, Petersen appeared on the national stage as a candidate for president of the United States. He took second place in the crowded Libertarian primary behind Governor Gary Johnson and ahead of cyber security maverick John McAfee. During his campaign, Petersen earned many high-profile conservative endorsements, including Mary Matalin, Erick Erickson and Leon Wolf of RedState.com. Petersen also brings decades of professional experience in a wide variety of fields, from content production and media to business and political activism. He is the owner and chief executive of Stonegait LLC, a consulting firm specializing in photo and video services. He was also the director of production at FreedomWorks and an associate producer for Judge Andrew Napolitano’s show “Freedom Watch” on the Fox Business Network. Additionally, Petersen has a national following as a commentator and professional pundit. He is the founder of The Libertarian Republic, a powerful online news source for the public that receives an average of 1 million unique visits monthly and whose podcast, The Freedom Report, receives an average of one million monthly downloads. He is also a frequent contributor on television, appearing on Fox News, Fox Business, CNN, MSNBC and on dozens of local radio shows.

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