Ron Paul
American politician
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| 2023 | Elon Musk expressed interest in having Ron Paul join the proposed Department of Government Efficiency during a potential second Trump presidency, to help reduce the U.S. federal budget. Paul agreed to discuss the idea but declined any official position. |
| April 2023 | Ron Paul praised Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for his noninterventionist stances and other views in an episode of The Ron Paul Liberty Report, advocating for his participation in major party presidential debates. |
| August 2022 | Paul voiced his support for Republican state governments that he described as fighting against 'Woke' Capitalism. |
| April 2021 | Ron Paul's co-host Daniel McAdams announced that Paul’s daughter, Lori Pyeatt, had recently passed away. |
| 2020 | During the 2020 Democratic primary, Ron Paul endorsed Hawaii Representative Tulsi Gabbard, calling her 'the most intelligent' and 'the very, very best' option among the Democratic candidates, particularly praising her foreign policy views. |
| September 25 2020 | Ron Paul was hospitalized after slurring his words during a livestream event, later assuring the public he was doing fine. |
| 2019 | In an interview, Ron Paul expressed his disapproval of President Donald Trump's proposed border wall along the southern US border, stating, 'I don't like walls. I don't want to wall people in and wall people out.' |
| 2018 | The documentary 'The Housing Bubble' was released, starring Ron Paul and featuring archival clips of his predictions. |
| June 2018 | Ron Paul posted a tweet that included a racist cartoon and referenced the Cultural Marxism conspiracy theory, which he later deleted and apologized for, attributing it to a staff member's error. |
| April 2018 | Ron Paul called for Donald Trump to bring American troops back from Syria, asserting that the threat from ISIS had been eliminated. |
| August 2017 | Paul criticized Donald Trump's plan to increase military personnel in Afghanistan, stating that Americans do not view Afghanistan as a threat to their security. |
| March 2017 | Ron Paul predicted a market downturn. |
| 2016 | After Rand Paul dropped out of the race, Ron Paul expressed his disappointment in Gary Johnson's nomination for president by the Libertarian Party. |
| 2016 | At the age of 81, Ron Paul received one electoral vote from a Texas faithless elector during the presidential election, becoming the oldest person to receive an Electoral College vote. |
| 2016 | Ron Paul endorsed his son, Senator Rand Paul, in the 2016 Republican primary and actively campaigned for him in Iowa. |
| 2015 | Ron Paul ended all relationships with the Ron Paul Channel to start a new Internet program called The Ron Paul Liberty Report, which he co-hosts with Daniel McAdams. |
| April 2015 | Paul started appearing in infomercials for Stansberry & Associates Investment Research, warning about an imminent financial meltdown. |
| 2014 | Ron Paul supported the Crimean status referendum, which was controversial and led to him being labeled as a 'friend of Putin' by critics. He also objected to sanctions imposed during the Russo-Ukrainian War and opposed foreign aid to Ukraine. |
| 2014 | Ron Paul made a cameo appearance in the adaptation of 'Atlas Shrugged Part III: Who Is John Galt?'. |
| 2014 | Ron Paul supported the Crimean status referendum amidst the conflict in Crimea. |
| August 2014 | Court papers were filed revealing that Ron Paul's presidential campaign managers were found guilty of paying former Iowa State Senator Kent Sorenson to switch his support from Rep. Michele Bachmann to Paul. |
| 2013 | Paul proposed his 'Restore America' budget plan, which included selling at least $40 billion worth of public lands and federal assets between 2013 and 2016. |
| 2013 | Ron Paul proposed a budget plan that would guarantee Social Security commitments to older workers while allowing Americans under 25 to opt out of the program, reflecting his long-standing criticism of Social Security as unconstitutional. |
| 2013 | Completed service as U.S. representative for Texas's 14th congressional district. |
| 2013 | Paul established the Ron Paul Channel, an Internet broadcast with the slogan 'Turn Off Your TV. Turn On the Truth.' |
| August 2013 | Paul made additional comments about capital punishment, continuing his nuanced perspective on the issue. |
| June 2013 | Ron Paul criticized the NSA surveillance program and praised Edward Snowden for exposing government secrets. |
| April 2013 | After the Boston Marathon bombing, Ron Paul criticized the tactics used by governing forces, describing them as a 'military-style occupation of an American city'. |
| April 2013 | Ron Paul founded the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity, a foreign policy think tank that promotes his non-interventionist views. |
| April 2013 | In April 2013, Paul began offering the Ron Paul Curriculum, a homeschool online curriculum developed by Gary North from a 'free market and Christian' perspective. |
| January 3 2013 | Ron Paul's congressional career ended with the swearing in of the 113th Congress. |
| 2012 | During a primary debate in the 2012 presidential election campaign, Ron Paul articulated his stance on healthcare, arguing that an uninsured individual should assume personal responsibility and rely on community support like churches and charities for medical care. |
| 2012 | During the presidential primary campaign, Paul stated that while he remains opposed to Medicare Part D, repealing it was not among his immediate political priorities. |
| 2012 | During the Republican Presidential Primary, Paul cited President Dwight Eisenhower's warnings about the 'military-industrial complex' and proposed a 'Plan to Restore America' that would eliminate five Cabinet-level departments. |
| 2012 | Ron Paul participated in a series of Republican primary debates, where he highlighted issues such as non-interventionist foreign policy and monetary policy reform. |
| 2012 | Ron Paul refused to endorse the Republican Party ticket following the 2012 presidential campaign, stating there was essentially no difference between the nominees, Mitt Romney and Barack Obama, on critical policies. |
| 2012 | The book 'Ron Paul's rEVOLution: The Man and the Movement He Inspired' by Brian Doherty was published, detailing Paul's impact and the movement he inspired. |
| 2012 | In the 2012 presidential election, Ron Paul received 26,204 write-in votes, accounting for 0.02% of the total votes cast. |
| 2012 | Paul argued that sanctions, while well intentioned, almost always backfire and hurt the people. |
| 2012 | Ron Paul announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for President of the United States again, focusing on his libertarian principles and gaining a dedicated supporter base. |
| 2012 | Ron Paul was recognized as the winner of the Iowa Republican Caucus at the Republican National Convention, where he secured 22 delegates compared to Mitt Romney's 5. |
| 2012 | The life and career of Ron Paul became the subject of the film 'Ron Paul Uprising'. |
| 2012 | Ron Paul announced that he would not seek reelection to Congress to focus on his 2012 presidential bid, and later secured four state wins during the Republican primaries. |
| 2012 | During the Republican National Convention, Ron Paul received the second-highest number of delegates behind Mitt Romney. |
| 2012 | During the Republican National Convention, Paul was prevented from giving a national televised speech due to last-minute rule changes requiring 8 from-the-floor pluralities, which he narrowly missed. |
| November 2012 | Following the November 2012 election, Ron Paul noted the submission of many petitions to the White House calling for secession, emphasizing his belief in secession as a fundamental American principle. |
| August 2012 | Ron Paul held a rally in Tampa, Florida, just prior to the 2012 Republican National Convention, demonstrating his continued presence and support within the Republican Party despite not being the nominee. |
| August 2012 | Ron Paul's key policy objective of auditing the Federal Reserve was included in the draft version of the Republican Party's national platform, with presumptive candidate Mitt Romney supporting its final inclusion. |
| August 2012 | U.S. District Judge David Carter dismissed the lawsuit, finding most claims vague and unintelligible, but left plaintiffs an opportunity to file an amended complaint. |
| July 14 2012 | Paul failed to win a plurality of delegates at the Nebraska convention, effectively ending his chances of a speaking spot at the Republican National Convention. His campaign had won 190 delegates by this point. |
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