Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul will host a “Stand with Rand” meet and greet inside the Prospector Hotel conference room on Thursday, Sept. 17 starting at 4 p.m. His visit, which will come hot off the heels of the Republican debate on Sept. 16 in Los Angeles, will be one of multiple stops through Nevada the same day that include another meet and greet in Carson City and a rally at the University of Nevada, Reno campus.
As a Senator from Kentucky and son of former presidential candidate Ron Paul, Rand Paul has run his presidential campaign on conservative principles of limited government.
“My policies will defeat the Washington Machine and unleash the creative spirit of the American people,” Paul is quoted as saying on his campaign’s website.
His policies include ending NSA bulk information collecting practices, repealing the entire IRS tax code and replacing it with a flat tax, repealing Obamacare and building the Keystone XL oil pipeline. Tickets to the meet and greet were made available for free through Paul’s campaign website.
White Pine County Chairman for the Republican party Mike Coster said he feels “honored that Dr. Paul has selected Ely in his rural Nevada tour” and that he hopes more presidential candidates will follow suit in coming to town. According to Donna Bath, the last presidential candidate to visit Ely was Richard Nixon.
‘The last presidential candidate to visit Ely was Richard Nixon’ – and/because Pat Nixon was from Ruth. In the meantime, the ‘honor’ is his – historic Ely merits the attention whether it’s received it lately or not. Maybe after this someone will demonstrate a little civic pride, imagination, and fortitude and actually invite a few others to drop by (Huck, Carson… Trump) Or not. However, nothing ventured…
No chance at all of being elected. None at all.
Article dated Sept. 18 informing us of an event which took place the day before. Great notice.
Rand Paul is the only candidate in my opinion that has the only understanding of how our constitution protects this country from the mess it’s in now. I wish more candidates had his understanding of what our government is truly meant for. I dont think our country is really listening to what these other candidates are saying and most, probably do not want less federal government involvment anyways. We are in a sad state. I hope as a country we can wake up and restore the simple principals we were founded on. He has my vote, if he stays in it. Wish I could have met him.