Shameful remarks of Senator Rand Paul

I was simply caught by surprise when I was informed of Senator Rand Paul's hostile remarks to Congresswoman Ilhan Omar. I simply could not believe that the son of Ron Paul will do a thing like that! It was obscene and height of racism! In my letter to him, I wrote, "Shame on you, senator. I thought that within the Republican Party there is someone who dares to speak truth and stand for truth; I am disappointed. You have failed me and millions of Americans who wanted to believe in you."
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Washington (CNN)Republican Sen. Rand Paul offered last week to buy Rep. Ilhan Omar a ticket to visit Somalia so "she might come back and appreciate America more," echoing racist language President Donald Trump recently used to attack the Somalian refugee and three other minority congresswomen.
The remarks, given during an interview with Brietbart News, are another personal attack on the Minnesota Democrat, who was the subject of racist attacks made two weeks ago by Trump. The President suggested that Omar and three other Democratic lawmakers, all of whom have been critical of conditions on the US-Mexico border, "go back" to their home countries. Three of the four lawmakers were born in the US, and Omar, who came to the US as a Somalian refugee, became a naturalized US citizen when she was a teenager.
"And so while I'm not saying we forcibly send her anywhere, I'm willing to contribute to buy her a ticket to go visit Somalia," Paul, who represents Kentucky, said. "And I think she can look and maybe learn a little bit about the disaster that is Somalia — that has no capitalism, has no God-given rights guaranteed in a constitution, and has about seven different tribes that have been fighting each other for the last 40 years."
"And then maybe after she's visited Somalia for a while, she might come back and appreciate America more," he added.
Reached for comment on Tuesday, Paul's office said they had no additional comment. Omar's office did not immediately respond on Tuesday to CNN's request for comment, but earlier this week, Omar shared a tweet about the remarks by a columnist who said the congresswoman "has visited Somalia more than Paul has - & knows far more about it."

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