Rand Paul hits Jeb Bush on marijuana rich kid 'hypocrisy'
Bush admitted in previous interviews and again during Wednesday's Republican presidential primary debate smoking marijuana while attending the prestigious Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts.
"He didn't go to jail," Paul told students at the University of Nevada-Reno on Thursday. "Why? Because he was rich, and he was elite, and he was going to a very special school."
Paul said he didn't begrudge Bush's education, but said that Bush supports policies that disproportionately result in minority and lower-income young people going to jail for lengthy sentences.
"What I do have a problem with is he still wants to put kids in jail for marijuana," Paul said. "What I was upset with Jeb Bush was his hypocrisy."
Paul said at the debate that he advocates for the federal government to be less involved in regulating and penalizing drug use, and that he is seeking policies that would incarcerate people for marijuana far...
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