Rand Paul Courts California Tech Elite With San Francisco Visit
Those attending were encouraged to label their tweets with the hashtag “DisruptingDemocracy.”
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) speaks to guests gathered at the Point of Grace Church for the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition 2015 Spring Kickoff on April 25, 2015 in Waukee, Iowa.
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Presidential candidate Rand Paul began his courtship of California’s technology community on Saturday, promoting his support for privacy rights, a smaller government and adherence to the Bill of Rights.
“Some people want to know what in the hell is a Republican doing in San Francisco?” the Kentucky senator, 52, said at a campaign stop in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood, the epicenter of the city’s tech startup industry.