Sen. Rand Paul’s (R-KY) controversial senior aide, who has come under fire recently for his reported past as a pro-secessionist activist and radio shock jock, has resigned from his post and will return to punditry, The Daily Caller reported Sunday evening.
In an email to the Daily Caller, Jack Hunter wrote that he did not want to be a distraction for the senator and hopes to clear his name, which he says has become unfairly associated with racism.
“I’ve long been a conservative, and years ago, a much more politically incorrect (and campy) one,” Hunter said in the email. “But there’s a significant difference between being politically incorrect and racist. I’ve also become far more libertarian over the years, a philosophy that encourages a more tolerant worldview, through the lens of which I now look back on some of my older comments with embarrassment.”
