South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint appeared on Laura Ingraham’s radio show to talk about his upcoming book ‘Now or Never,’ but ended up focusing on Ron Paul and his libertarian message instead.
“I’m glad you asked about Paul because I think one of the things that have hurt the so-called conservative alternative is saying derogatory things about Ron Paul,” DeMint said. “I’d like to see a Republican Party that embraces a lot of the libertarian ideas.”
“You don’t have to agree with everything he’s saying, but if the other candidates miss some of the wisdom in what he’s been saying on monetary policy and limited government, then I think we will see it’s to their determent because the twenty percent or twenty-five percent or so who are supporting him are people that we need in the Republican Party,” he said.
DeMint also told The Daily Caller that he want’s Ron Paul to stay in the presidential race for the long haul.
“I really don’t want Ron Paul to drop out until whoever our front-runner is is collecting some of the ideas that he’s talking about,”
“Ron Paul is right on the fact that we’ve got an out of control and unaccountable Federal Reserve that is eventually going to create a major crisis,” said DeMint. “He’s also right in the importance of individual liberty and the whole constitutional limited government. And more of our candidates need to incorporate that.”
“I don’t know whether Ron Paul expects to be our nominee, but if Republicans don’t listen to a lot of the things he talks about, I don’t see how we can become a majority party.”
Watch the full interview with Laura Ingraham here:
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