Oliver Darcy
The Blaze
12/5/2013
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) will travel to Detroit Friday to open the Michigan Republican Party’s inner-city outreach office and unveil his plan to “help Detroit bail themselves out.”
The freshman senator told TheBlaze Wednesday he thinks the opening of the African American Engagement Office will help the Republican Party make headway in one of America’s firmest Democratic strongholds.
“I think throughout the U.S. the Republican Party does well in the small towns and rural areas, but the large cities we haven’t been doing very well,” said Paul, who is widely expected to make a bid for the White House in 2016. “I think it is important we establish a presence in those cities, set up offices, meet people, find out what is going on in their community and then try to come up with solutions.”
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul will travel to Detroit Friday to open the GOP’s first inner-city office. (Getty Images/Alex Wong)
The libertarian firebrand said he thinks simply becoming engaged in Detroit’s community will be a large step in spreading the GOP’s message of economic freedom to a city that in 2012 saw nearly 100 percent of individuals vote to re-elect President Barack Obama.
“I think having a presence — you get to know people, you attend churches, social gatherings, picnics, things like that,” Paul said. “So presence is one.”
Brittney Morrett, who works at the conservative LIBRE initiative and is charged with promoting free-market principles to minority youths, said she agrees with the strategy…
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