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"During a radio interview yesterday, Senator Rand Paul weighed in on the ongoing unrest in Baltimore. I came through the train on Baltimore last night, the Kentucky Republican and 2016 presidential candidate told conservative radio host Laura Ingraham. Chuckling, he added, Im glad the train didnt stop. Theres just one problem with Sen. Pauls account: Every train traveling through Baltimore that night stopped at Baltimores Pennsylvania Station.
The remark might have been easy to overlook; Paul followed it by urging listeners to understand that this isnt just a racial thing, citing the breakdown of the family structure, the lack of fathers, (and) the lack (of) a moral code as the non-racial factors that provoked the upheaval.
But Paul, who was traveling from New York to Washington, would have been strictly limited to Amtrak in terms of train-based options. Reached by phone, a spokesperson for Amtrak, the owner of Baltimores rail transportation hub, confirmed that all Amtrak routes that travel through Baltimore make stops in Baltimore. Amtrak continues to operate and make all scheduled stops at Baltimore Penn Station (and) the station remains open to ticketed passengers.
http://gawker.com/why-won-t-rand-paul-tell-the-truth-about-trains-1701042143
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Mr.SithNinja
4/29/15 5:09pm
I think he was actually in a limo so long that he mistook it for a train.
onethatcares
(16,188 posts)he has a problem with his eyes. Perhaps he should open a licensing board to certify his eyes are working properly.
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)NoJusticeNoPeace
(5,018 posts)hifiguy
(33,688 posts)couldn't find the truth if it was a rabid Neapolitan Mastiff chewing his ass off. Literally.