Ron Paul Says 9/11 Victims Would Still Be Alive If His People Were in Charge at South Florida University. Former Republican presidential candidate U.S. Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) speaks during a rally in the Sun Dome at the University of South Florida on August 26, 2012 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo: Getty Images) Ron Paul chose to forgo the Republican National Convention in Florida this week, speaking instead at the University of South Florida to a group of his own supporters. Buzzfeed captured video of the remarks, focusing on a segment where Ron Paul claimed that, had his people been in charge, thousands of victims from the 9/11 attacks would still be alive.
Paul was discussing foreign policy when he said: “Somebody… said the other day on the Internet, ‘if those Paul people had been in charge, Osama Bin Laden would still be alive.’” The former presidential candidate countered with emotion: “But you know what I think the answer is? At that, the crowd roared. Watch the clip, via Buzzfeed, below: But Paul remains confident the Republican Party will eventually drift to his “tent.” Related: THE New Voice, Inc. HOME - Herman Cain: T.H.E New Voice, Inc. Cain's 999 plan. Obama's Ticking Tax Time Bomb. Gingrich fights on during Super Tuesday. MARIETTA, Ga. — Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is banking on a big win in Georgia Tuesday to keep his fading hopes of winning the nomination alive. "It looks now like in Georgia we will carry the state by four or five times the margin that Romney had in Michigan," Gingrich told supporters in Alcoa, Tennessee on Monday. The former House speaker was hoping that momentum from an expected win in the state he represented in Congress for 20 years would propel his campaign, which has struggled since his lone victory in the January 21 South Carolina primary.
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