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Rand Blames Charleston Shooting on ‘People Not Understanding Where Salvation Comes From’

WTF?

In a speech to evangelicals on Thursday, Rand Paul said the murders in Charleston had to do with a lack of faith.

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Rand Paul believes the South Carolina church shooting was caused by "people not understanding where salvation comes from.”

During a Thursday afternoon speech to evangelical conservatives at the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s “Road to Majority Conference,” in Washington, D.C.,

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