In apology, William Paul said he had had ‘too much to drink’ and the things he said ‘don’t represent who I really am’
Republican senator Rand Paul’s son William apologized on Wednesday for a drunken tirade at a bar in Washington DC, in which he reportedly told a Republican congressman he “hates Jews and hates gays”.
“Last night, I had too much to drink and said some things that don’t represent who I really am. I’m sorry and today I am seeking help for my drinking problem,” William Paul posted on social media under the handle TastyBrew1776.
The apology was posted minutes after Mike Lawler, a Republican congressman, told reporters the senator’s son had drunkenly accosted him on Tuesday night at a bar and said he would hold “anti-American” Jews responsible if his father’s ally, Thomas Massie, a Kentucky congressman, loses a primary election next week.
The younger Paul, who recently served as a congressional aide to two of Lawler’s Republican colleagues in the House, went on “a 10-minute diatribe about Jews” at the Tune Inn Restaurant & Bar on Pennsylvania Avenue, Lawler said, and “said that he hates Jews and hates gays and doesn’t care if they die”.
