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Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) repeatedly criticized former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R), for his "hypocritical" stance on marijuana during a Wednesday night interview on Fox News . Both Paul and Bush are considering running for president in 2016. Citing Bush's admission last month that he smoked the drug while attending the elite Andover boarding school in Massachusetts, Paul said Bush should support legalizing medical marijuana. "I think if you talk to young people, they're not very tolerant of hypocrisy," Paul said when asked whether Bush will gain traction among younger voters. "Jeb Bush admits that — when he was at an elite prep school, where very wealthy kids went to school — that he smoked pot. But he's still willing to put someone in jail for medical marijuana in Florida. ... When Jeb was a very wealthy kid at a very elite school, he used marijuana but didn't get caught [and] didn't have to go to prison. I think it shows some hypocrisy." Former classmates of Paul's have said he also regularly smoked marijuana in his youth . Paul was asked about past marijuana use in an interview last December and said he had made "mistakes." "Let's just say I wasn't a choir boy when I was in college and that I can recognize that kids make mistakes," Paul said. "And I can say I made mistakes when I was a kid." Despite his repeated jabs at the elite status of Bush's high school, Paul insisted he was not criticizing the Bush family's wealth. Inste
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Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) repeatedly criticized former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R), for his "hypocritical" stance on marijuana during a Wednesday night interview on Fox News . Both Paul and Bush are considering running for president in 2016. Citing Bush's admission last month that he smoked the drug while attending the elite Andover boarding school in Massachusetts, Paul said Bush should support legalizing medical marijuana. "I think if you talk to young people, they're not very tolerant of hypocrisy," Paul said when asked whether Bush will gain traction among younger voters. "Jeb Bush admits that — when he was at an elite prep school, where very wealthy kids went to school — that he smoked pot. But he's still willing to put someone in jail for medical marijuana in Florida. ... When Jeb was a very wealthy kid at a very elite school, he used marijuana but didn't get caught [and] didn't have to go to prison. I think it shows some hypocrisy." Former classmates of Paul's have said he also regularly smoked marijuana in his youth . Paul was asked about past marijuana use in an interview last December and said he had made "mistakes." "Let's just say I wasn't a choir boy when I was in college and that I can recognize that kids make mistakes," Paul said. "And I can say I made mistakes when I was a kid." Despite his repeated jabs at the elite status of Bush's high school, Paul insisted he was not criticizing the Bush family's wealth. Instefrom Top News on RSS Feeds http://ift.tt/1Bh0OnW
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