Rand Paul Hits Jeb Bush For ‘Hypocrisy’ On Prep School Pot Use

U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks with the media at the Peppermill restaurant Friday, Jan. 16, 2015, in Las Vegas. Paul is a possible Republican presidential candidate. (AP Photo/John Locher)
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Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) on Friday seized on a Boston Globe report about Jeb Bush’s prep school days to criticize the former Florida governor’s “hypocrisy” on marijuana policy.

“You would think he’d have a little more understanding then,” Paul told The Hill of Bush’s reported marijuana use as a student at the elite Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass.

“I think that’s the real hypocrisy, is that people on our side, which include a lot of people who made mistakes growing up, admit their mistakes but now still want to put people in jail for that,” he added. “Had he been caught at Andover, he’d have never been governor, he’d probably never have a chance to run for the presidency.”

Bush admitted his youthful marijuana use to the Globe. The newspaper also spoke with some of the potential Republican presidential candidate’s former classmates, who described him as a stoner who was indifferent to politics at the time and allegedly bullied smaller students.

Paul, who’s made moves indicating that he’s mulling a 2016 presidential bid of his own, criticized Bush for opposing marijuana legalization even for medical use, according to The Hill.

Asked last year whether he smoked marijuana as a student, Paul replied “Let’s just say I wasn’t a choir boy when I was in college.”

h/t Mediaite

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  1. GOP litmus test: do you even remember when you bullied while stoned and drunk?

  2. And here I thought being a “Libertarian” Rand was cool with the weed.

    I guess not.

  3. Avatar for marby marby says:

    It is actually hilarious, isn’t it? They are all apparently nervous about each others’ chances of getting the $$ and the nomination - and it is causing them to act like middle-school rivals.

  4. As usual the spineless Democrats are afraid to say what Rand Paul says.

    I do not agree with most of Rand Paul’s positions, but I like the fact that he is not a wussy when it comes to speaking his mind.

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