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Rand Paul Debate Gets Personal

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Refuses to shake hands after heated debate.

Kentucky Senate candidate Rand Paul refused to shake his opponent Jack Conway’s hand after Sunday night’s debate. The debate got especially personal and heated when Paul brought up one of Conway’s attack ads, which referred to a secret society Paul was in at Baylor that mocked Christianity and allegedly forced a woman to worship “Aqua Buddha.” “Jack, have you no decency? Have you no shame?” Paul asked. He called Conway’s ad “a disgrace” and said it should disqualify him from holding office. He also insisted that he’s a “pro-life Christian.”

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