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Rand Paul Denies Kidnapping

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Says there were no bong hits or Aqua Buddha.

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Now that wasn’t too hard, was it? Rand Paul has finally explicitly denied that he kidnapped a fellow student in college and forced her to take bong hits and worship something called Aqua Buddha, as was reported in GQ. "I will categorically deny that I ever kidnapped anyone or forced anybody to use drugs," Paul said, a far less vague denial than the one issued by the campaign immediately after the story broke. Previously, Paul’s campaign had said it was considering legal action against GQ.

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