Salon’s Alex Seitz-Wald explains Rand Paul’s latest white supremacist problem:
Jack Hunter, who co-authored Rand Paul’s 2011 book and now directs new media for the Kentucky senator, has a past alter ego as the “Southern Avenger,” a provocative radio personality known for wearing a luchador mask emblazoned with the Confederate flag and for making outrageous comments about race and Southern secession, Alana Goodman of the Washington Free Beacon reveals today.
As the arguably white nationalist Southern Avenger, Hunter praised the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, saying he “raise[s] a personal toast every May 10 to celebrate John Wilkes Booth’s birthday,” compared Lincoln to Saddam Hussein, and suggested the great American president would have had a homosexual relationship with Adolf Hitler, had the two ever met. He also advocated against Hispanic immigration and in favor of white pride, warning that a “non-white majority America would simply cease to be America.”
Prior to that, Hunter was a prominent neo-Confederate and pro-secession activist…
You should really go read the whole thing. This isn’t the first white supremacist to be tied to Rand Paul. For more information, I’d like to direct you to this 2010 Mother Jones story titled “How Many Free Passes Does Rand Paul Get Before He’s a Bigot?”