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UPDATED: Ron Paul Account Tweets Shock Message About Former SEAL Sniper’s Death

Feb. 4, 2013 1:06pm Becket Adams

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A tweet referring to slain ex-SEAL Chris Kyle from the verified account of former Congressman Ron Paul is causing some serious commotion:

Chris Kyle’s death seems to confirm that “he who lives by the sword dies by the sword.” Treating PTSD at a firing range doesn’t make sense

— Ron Paul (@RonPaul) February 4, 2013

The reaction to Paul’s comments from conservatives on Twitter has been both swift and furious:

Ron Paul might want to ask Jesse Ventura what happened last time he ridiculed a dead SEAL.

— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) February 4, 2013

In which @ronpaul is despicable: twitter.com/adamsbaldwin/s…

— Adam Baldwin (@adamsbaldwin) February 4, 2013

This is appalling. twitter.com/RonPaul/status…

— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) February 4, 2013

Maybe we can get some moron, marginal Republican to pour sugar in a single mom’s gas tank for a follow up.

— Sonny Bunch (@SonnyBunch) February 4, 2013

I’m glad I’ve always been in the “Ron Paul needs to STFU” camp, esp. after his tweet about Chris Kyle.

— SFK (@stephenkruiser) February 4, 2013

Grandpa’s talking to the furniture again twitter.com/RonPaul/status…

— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) February 4, 2013

You really are vile. RT @ronpaul: Chris Kyle’s death seems to confirm that “he who lives by the sword dies by the sword.”

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) February 4, 2013

I’d say @repjustinamash just lucked out. His pal @ronpaul is going to take alllll the heat this afternoon.

— Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) February 4, 2013

Amash’s attacking McCain for joking abt an Iranian dictator and Ron Paul is saying that Kyle’s murder was deserved. Good day for GOP so far!

— Sonny Bunch (@SonnyBunch) February 4, 2013

But, of course, here’s something to keep in mind:

Does @ronpaul run his own Twitter account? Might be a staffer screw up. . .

— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) February 4, 2013

Lastly, if you’re wondering about the references to Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.), the Michigan congressman on Monday accused Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) of being a racist because the former GOP presidential candidate jokingly implied that Iranian despot Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is a monkey.

UPDATE: It’s looking more and more certain that Ron Paul did, in fact, tweet about Kyle’s death and “dying by the sword.”

“He runs it,” Campaign for Liberty communications director Megan Stiles said of the former congressman’s twitter account, according to BuzzFeed.

The Campaign for Liberty handles all of Paul’s press requests.

“She clarified that Paul started handling his own tweets ‘since he left office,’” the report adds.

UPDATE II: Posting to his Facebook wall, Paul builds on his earlier remarks:

As a veteran, I certainly recognize that this weekend’s violence and killing of Chris Kyle were a tragic and sad event. My condolences and prayers go out to Mr. Kyle’s family. Unconstitutional and unnecessary wars have endless unintended consequences. A policy of non-violence, as Christ preached, would have prevented this and similar tragedies. -REP

Meanwhile, Paul’s son, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), has seemingly backed away from his father’s controversial comments.

“Chris Kyle was a hero like all Americans who don the uniform to defend our country. Our prayers are with his family during this tragic time,” the senator from Kentucky said in a statement obtained by Breitbart News.

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Jadedfate
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:03pm
My father has PTSD diagnosed by the VA and is fully disabled because of it. He has rage issues…I would not take him to a firing range and put a loaded weapon in his hand. Ever. So, yes, probably not the best idea in my opinion. The wording could have been better though. PTSD has many many symptoms and there’s no catch all to define how it effects each person. I know someone else that has it as well and carries a firearm..lets just say, from his actions, I don’t like to spend much time around him and try to avoid doing so as much as possible. Not saying this is how all those that suffer from it are, but I prefer to err on the side of caution.

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paschmoney101
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:01pm
I honestly thought the same thing when i first read the story. Should someone with PTSD be hunting? They obviously are unstable, for good reason and more understanding i can not be, but I think the PTSD needs to be treated to the fullest extent before that person goes hunting. Either way, its a sad story and in todays politically correct world were you get blasted for everything you say, Ron should have known better.

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- Jadedfate
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:04pm
  Agreed..my father is 100% disabled with PTSD and has severe rage issues..I would never go to a range with him or be around him with a loaded weapon.
  
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Force2bewreckin
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:57pm
200k twitter accounts just got hacked. Chris Kyle was being sued for defamation by Jessie Ventura because he said he punched Ventura in the face after he made negative remarks against a fallen navy seals. Judge allowed it to go to trial because there was overwhelming evidences that Chris Kyle was lying. This just shows how dangerous Ron Paul’s message is because both sides attack him. Glenn beck is an NWO stooge. Ron Paul is the answer. Listen to his farewell address on you tube and I bet you won’t disagree with one thing he says. I dare you to listen to it then maybe you will form you own opinions instead of allowing some one else to form them for you. Ron Paul is the answer.

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- qpwillie
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:03pm
  @Force2bewreckin
  “Ron Paul is the answer.”
  
  Then it must have been a really stupid question.
  
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MrKnowItAll
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:44pm
Set Up. Now is your P.D.S.D. You cannot have or be around a Gun. Obama is Smiling!

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blazingaway
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:42pm
Ron Paul is right … why would someone take a person suffering from PTSD to a range and give them a weapon or be around them when they have a weapon … especially, if that someone isn’t highly trained in the disorder. It makes no sense to me and I admire the sniper skills and mind-set of Kyle and deeply regret the needles and perhaps careless loss of his life when we need more me like him not fewer.

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- shorelineliz
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:50pm
  This story is bullspit. They spin PTSD. This guy was in his right mind. This was a “KILL”. The guy who did it knew full well what he was doing. He was PAID to do this. HE was PAID to kill Chris Kyle.
  
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bst49
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:38pm
Mr. Paul, you cannot judge someone unless you have been in their shoes for many miles. In Chris Kyle’s case he walked an easy 1000 miles. Ron Paul, a typical ignorant politician. Chris Kyle may you rest in peace. You wrote the best book I have ever read.

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- Force2bewreckin
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:05pm
  You judge Ron Paul all the time and you have never been in the lions den. He is calling out corruption in the most corrupt arena on the planet.
  
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- rosegrower
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:19pm
  @Force2bewrecken
  Except that Dr. Paul is part of that same corrupt body. What does that make him?
  
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- shorelineliz
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:53pm
  Ron Paul is just plain insane. He needs to go sit in his rocking chair with his plaid blanket covering his skinny bones and watch Jeopardy and Judge Judy all day. He is washed up and someone needs to tell him so. Just go on back to Texas Ron Paul. Your career or whatever the hell you want to have called it is OVER. A Gentleman always knows when to leave and when to sit down and shut up. Too bad you are no gentleman yet you pretend to be. You have no manners and no guts. You are a foolish old man who needs to stop talking and go plant a garden or something. Go volunteer at some GreenPeace office near your house.
  
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Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:27pm
PTSD does not drive people to kill people. In the old days they would have called PTSD a guilt trip. PTSD does not explain this shooting whatsoever. Not 1 bit. It serves to demonize war vets under false pretenses. Now, who does this benefit?

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- Jadedfate
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:11pm
  I beg to differ. My father suffers from it and has severe rage issues from it. I would never trust him with a loaded weapon. PTSD isn’t a very well understood syndrome and effects many people in many ways. To say that it doesn’t do so is very naive. I won’t say that it does 100% of the time, but as I said, it effects everyone differently, enough so that I would not be comfortable going to the range with someone who has it that I don’t know that well.
  
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- Jadedfate
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:17pm
  Also, you don’t seem to understand what PTSD is..it has nothing to do with a “guilt trip”. People can suffer from it from various things, not all have to do with killing someone else or even harming someone else..
  
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- shorelineliz
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 4:02pm
  Most men coming back from war, even in WWII, DRINK and BEAT their wives or kids. Then if it gets real bad they will shoot themselves or their family. They do NOT go to a gun range like this and Chris KYLE was too smart a man to have let anyone kill him. This was a PLANNED ASSASSINATION. This was a well thought out KILL. This man was PAID to kill Chris Kyle or don’t you people get that? This is Manchurian Candidate and “Bourne Identity stuff or don’t you think our CIA and Obama’s Kill List can be easily accomplished? THINK PEOPLE! Think about Washington DC. Think about how SINISTER that place is…………are you done thinking?……it is so much WORSE than you can ever think or imagine. Most people don’t want to believe how BAD it is. They can do anything they want. They have the power to take anyone down and make it look like something else. Diversion and Manipulation of the FActs. That is what this is all about. They will send some ex military man to Kill another military man, but not just ANY military man, the BEST SNIPER in the WORLD? REally? WE are supposed to swallow that this is all because of PTSD? HOW STUPID do they think WE ARE , HUH?
  
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- checkingbothsides
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 4:05pm
  My co-worker suffers from PTSD after two tours in Iraq and one in Afghanistan. He was last deployed two years ago, and last year he decided to go the fireworks display here in town. It was a BIG mistake and it freaked him out badly. Should somebody like that be at a firing range?
  
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- AxelPhantom
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 9:31pm
  Jaded,
  I think what Gandhi was trying to say that in WWII a lot of them had PTSD and never said a word, never sought treatment and still managed to live their lives without taking anyone else out.
  
  I highly suspect that my own father had it (WWII Frogman).
  
  We used to go swimming in a pond across the street on really hot days. He would say something like “it is really hot” while sitting on the dock and making sure we weren’t drowning, we’d say “The water is nice, go get your suit!” his response was that he didn’t know how to swim. He rarely talked about the war and then it was generally, never specifically. I didn’t know what he for the army until after his death.
  
  He taught both my brother and myself to shoot and even competed. Like I have said before PTSD is NOT a one size fits all diagnosis. Rape victims, children who have witnessed violent acts, war refugees (my mom says she can still hear the bombs dropping on her in Dresden sometimes when she thinks about it) or anyone who has witnessed something as random as a car accident are at risk for developing it with varying severity.
  
  My parents are part of the reason I decided on psychology for my major as a young teen. I wish your father God Speed.
  
  Shoreline,
  
  I never saw my father drunk, he drank twice a year, at the company Christmas party and on my parent’s wedding anniversary. He never beat me, my brother or my mother or anyone else for that matter. That statement is foolish.
  
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RoguePO
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:26pm
I’m not one to quote things from the bible usually but… “Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him, “for all who draw the sword will die by the sword.”
-Matthew 26:52

By all means Ron Paul didn’t say anything in disrespect to Kyle.

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- searching for the Truth
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 7:09pm
  ” …… Put up ” again ” thy sword into ” his ” place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.” Matthew 26:52 King James The ” sword ” is also the ” Word.” Those who live by the ” Word ” will die with the ” Word.” – Real meaning – and, in the natural, as well.
  
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- searching for the Truth
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 7:13pm
  God send many into battle, and God never sins!
  
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fieldwork
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:07pm
No Mr.Paul, those who have the honor and guts to pick up and use the sword protect those who lack these credentials.

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theromba
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:06pm
Didn’t Twitter just have 250K accounts hacked? Has anyone asked Ron Paul if he really said that?

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- progressiveslayer
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:24pm
  Yes they did have a security breach. http://lifehacker.com/5981045/twitter-hacked-and-250000-user-accounts-potentially-compromised-change-your-passwords
  
  I don’t use twitter but I noticed the time stamp was 5:05 PM 04 Feb 13 on that tweet. Do you know how they handle time stamps for twitter? Maybe Paul has a time machine?
  
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- RoguePO
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:27pm
  Another possibility.
  
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- LEFTIST_CLOWNS_AND_FAR_RIGHT_JOKERS
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 6:52pm
  All roads lead to Ron Paul tweeting this based on The Blaze update. Who’d a thunk it right ??
  
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Alternative_Thought
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:04pm
Again a Ron Paul TRUTH has upset a lot of thumb suckers. Sandy Hook mom would not trust her son at a hot stove while she was gone but leaves him access to guns (not real smart). Here again, why someone takes another person with an acknowledged psychological problem and gives them a gun is ridiculous. You want to help someone transition how about a JOB…

A lot of people can’t handle the truth. That’s why Ron Paul was our hope and change.

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searching for the Truth
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:01pm
The Lord is not against defending oneself or family – that is why He had Israel do it in the past – The Lord is against wanton murder. God is the Same today as He was yesterday. God will come back with a sword with His Angels .

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- searching for the Truth
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:06pm
  ” Those that do not provide for there family – their faith is that of an infidel.” King James – just in case it has been removed from others. Also, paraphrased ! A Llittle.
  
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buttons1
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 1:59pm
why is anybody surprised by Ron Pauls tweets? He like Obama doesnt like the military and he has said so many times. If he would have become President who the hell does he think would have been protecting his sorry ass? That is why i could nver vote for this man.

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- Jadedfate
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:14pm
  He has never said he doesn’t like the military and the people that serve. He doesn’t like interventionist wars and being the baby sitter of the world.
  
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Lord_Frostwind
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 1:55pm
Liberals to the left of me, Libertarians to the right. It would appear that I am quickly running out of allies. A pox on both houses, I’m not selling myself out to ingrates and betrayers.

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DTOM47
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 1:51pm
What the hell is going on in this country!
Ron Paul, that statement should be nowhere near hero Chris Kyles name.
I am so disgusted with Ron Paul. Our country will abort for lack of a better term. Every last viel piece of this government at every level if it doesn’t stop defacating on the best human beings among us!

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perry1980
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 1:51pm
What a complete Moron
And he wonders why he never got any main stream attraction to his Potus campaign.

I hope his Son knows better

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Inkmage
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 1:49pm
I’m a Libertarian, and so SOME of Ron’s ideas are great, as they make common sense- and are closer to the original philosophy of the Republican party… However I always thought he was the WRONG person to lead the Libertarian message, as he always sounded like a bumbling old fool. This comment of his only proves why he would have been a very VERY poor president.

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- conspiracygirl
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 2:28pm
  Unfortunately, most of the electorate are irrational, knee-jerk emotional thinkers who don’t ever assess their own belief system. Ron Paul has been great for challenging the public’s belief system and shining the light of hypocrisy on Republicans and Democrats alike. Of course truth is seldom appreciated….
  
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RaydocX
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 1:49pm
Paul-bots, THIS is why the man cannot be a valid candidate for POTUS…
while many of his underlying ideas and positions are solid and laudable, he flies off the handle with ridiculous, unnecessary, inflammatory statements, which he fully means.

live by the sword, die by the sword? so because Kyle was trying to help another vet he should be killed by that willingness to be there? what sort of twisted interpretation of the facts was that?!

and considering the myriad approaches to treating PTSD, his snide discounting of exposure or extinction therapy is more naive then I believe the good doctor is…

a disappointing and casually cruel thing to say about an American hero.

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garbagecanlogic
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 1:45pm
Lets see all those moronic ron paul backers stand up and declare his sanity now!!

Praise Be To Obama. Psalm 109:8

The U.N. Out Of The U.S.
The U.S. Out Of The U.N.

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truthnstuff
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 1:45pm
While I don’t necessarily agree with that statement, most bible quoters are saying the same thing. Perhaps he was simply making an analogy, which can be drawn, that if we didn’t send men into wars, for political and financial gain, this may not be happening. We send billions to countries that hate us, send men to war that is not our concern, and who gets rich? We should defend our country and annihilate any country that attacks, but stay out of their affairs, unless they are an ally and need assistance.

This is a lot of knee jerk emotional reaction.

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- Inkmage
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:41pm
  @truthnstuff
  
  That biblical quote had absolutely nothing to do with not going to war. It was a warning. If you’re willing to live by the sword, then you must accept that you will die by it… Warriors accept this, and most noble are the ones who do so and die defending others.
  
  Ron Paul’s statement in this situation was just stupid as all hell, because the man wasn’t even at war- he was helping people with PTSD. If he was maimed in combat, and then came home crying and complaining about his injuries, then the statement would have made more sense, as it was his choice to go into the military. But he wasn’t complaining about anything, and was helping people in need… This is just more proof as to why Ron Paul is an old fool, I’m sure his son is probably embarrassed.
  
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Beckster2
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 1:43pm
There is an organization called Rivers of Recovery, http://www.riversofrecovery.org/ that helps our Vets. It seems like a much better program than putting our PTSD vets around a bunch of guns, no matter how safe or advanced the range or gun club. I thought it was an odd therapy. As to the sword comment, I didn’t take it as a dig at Chris Kyles’ life at all. He was a hero, an all American hero. God rest his soul.

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AUsername
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 1:39pm
he needs to explain the quote further there are a few ways and things he could mean by that.

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- Inkmage
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:47pm
  @AUsername
  
  He’ll say he “miss-spoke” which is politicanese for “I got caught saying something stupid”. Or he’ll go into one of his long whiny rants about how we need to stop sending people to war, as he sounds like a muppet. Its all about yet again people with mental illnesses, and you don’t just get PTSD by being in the military. Police can get it, fire fighters can get it, anyone who has gone through serious abuse can get it, or any traumatic experience like living through a terrorist attack.
  
  Nobody really pays much mind to PTSD, or even know what it is.
  
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elosogrande
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 1:38pm
Actually, it’s voting for Ron Paul that doesn’t make sense…never did.

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VanceUppercut
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 1:36pm
Not surprising from a guy who slapped his name on racist newspaper columns for years, cashed the check, and then claimed that they were written by somebody else and he had no idea they existed. but hey, let’s bring back the gold standard, ’cause it worked out so well before!

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Cavallo
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 1:35pm
Sickening. You twisted weirdo. I’m nauseous I ever cast a vote for you in the primary.

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