Rand Paul: NRA Was ‘Petty’ in Not Inviting Him to Conference
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) campaigns for Georgia Senate candidate David Perdue (left) during a campaign stop at the McDonough Square on October 24, 2014 in McDonough, Georgia.
Photographer: Jessica McGowan/Getty ImagesMOUNT PLEASANT, S.C.–Jeb Bush will be there. Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker will be there. Even Donald Trump and South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham will be in Nashville tomorrow to address the NRA's leadership forum, a part of its annual conference that introduces gun owners to presidential candidates.
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, who is campaigning in Iowa on Friday morning, will not be in Nashville. That's because he wasn't invited. As Olivia Nuzzi reported in the Daily Beast, Paul joined New Jersey Governor Chris Christie in the elite, unhappy club of Republicans snubbed by the NRA this year.