Sen. Paul talks shifting politics, his election opponent

Republican U.S. Sen. Rand Paul spent the better part of his interview Tuesday on the Greg Dunker Show discussing the differences between the country's two main political parties. 

"Probably every state legislator other than one is a Republican now in western Kentucky," Paul said. "This is extraordinary because, going back to the days of Andrew Jackson, western Kentucky was sort of the Gibraltar of the South, it was solidly Democrat. I don't think people changed at all. I think the people are still conservative, they are still church going, family oriented people."

Paul added; "The national party became so liberal. The National Democrat Party believes we should have drag queens dancing in front of kindergartners, it believes in critical race theory and that we should defund the police. Frankly I think most people in western Kentucky don't believe that kind of stuff and so they have shifted parties and allegiances."

When talking about the shifting politics of the state, Paul pointed to his own in-laws as an example.

"My in-laws were registered Democrats when I started running and they gradually shifted over," Paul said. "They had been conservative Democrats since the beginning when they came to Kentucky. My father-in-law has been here forever, but my mother-in-law came to Kentucky and it was the only party to register with because that was the only primary. Now things have completely shifted."

While discussing why he believes things have shifted, Paul said he attributes that to the belief the other party as become too bizarre.

Paul provided a recent example of when President Biden was recently s interviewed in the White House by transgender actress Dylan Mulvaney. 

"The President said he was for allowing youths to have parts of their body cut off to appear as if they are different sex, and he is for allowing that to happen without a parent's permission."

Paul was referencing a moment in the interview in which President Biden was asked if states should have the right to ban gender-affirming health care.

The President responded that he did not think any state or anybody should have the right to do that.

Paul also said; "The idea that children would be allowed to remove parts of their body without their parents' permission is so bizarre that I don't think anybody believes that. I don't think anybody in Kentucky thinks that is okay."

Sen. Paul also discussed why he has refused to share the stage with his opponent, the differences between him and his opponent on the economy. He also discussed the important of this year's midterm elections.

To hear more on those topics and the full interview, click here.