As Kentucky senator Rand Paul gears up to launch a presidential campaign, the libertarian leaning Republican may have some problems getting social conservatives on board. Tony Perkins, the president of the Family Research Council, suggested in an interview that Paul’s brand of Republicanism doesn’t sit well with social conservatives.
“I don’t really consider Rand Paul the bell cow when it comes to what’s happening within conservative circles,” said Perkins in an interview for C-SPAN’s Newsmakers program. “Rand Paul is out in a different pasture, whether it’s foreign policy, domestic policy as it pertains to religious freedom. He’s different on these things. I don’t consider where Rand Paul is to be reflective of where the Republican party is going to be.”
