Leaked Memo Suggests Democrats Were Worried About Rand Paul

Leaked Memo Suggests Democrats Were Worried About Rand Paul
Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) speaks during a caucus day rally at his Des Moines headquarters on February 1, 2016 in Des Moines, Iowa. (Pete Marovich/Getty Images)
Jack Phillips
10/11/2016
Updated:
10/11/2016

Officials in the Democratic Party were apparently fine with a fight with Donald Trump in the general election, but were nervous about Sen. Rand Paul, according to emails leaked by WikiLeaks.

A memo in the recent batch of leaked emails released by the anti-secrecy website showed the Clinton campaign’s fear of Paul, a Republican from Kentucky. The memo was part of the “Podesta Emails,” containing thousands of emails from Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta.

The memo referred to “Pied Piper” candidates, or candidates who would only appeal to a certain demographic of voters. They included Ben Carson, Ted Cruz, and Trump.

“We don’t want to marginalize the more extreme candidates, but make them more ‘Pied Piper’ candidates who actually represent the mainstream of the Republican Party,” the memo reads.

The author of the memo adds that there should be a strategic goal of “elevating the Pied Piper candidates so that they are leaders of the pack and tell the press to [take] them seriously.”

Paul, as well as Marco Rubio, Scott Walker, Jeb Bush, Bobby Jindal, and Chris Christie were Republicans that were apparently worth worrying about, according to the unnamed author of the memo.

Jack Phillips is a breaking news reporter with 15 years experience who started as a local New York City reporter. Having joined The Epoch Times' news team in 2009, Jack was born and raised near Modesto in California's Central Valley. Follow him on X: https://twitter.com/jackphillips5
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