Ron Paul Vows to Help Liberty Movement Candidates in 2014 Primaries

Former U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, best known for his three presidential bids, announced on Wednesday that he will be active in the 2014 congressional primaries through his Liberty PAC.

Bashing statist incumbent Republicans like U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham" and praising rock-solid liberty-movement challengers, Paul pledged to be busy in the primaries.

The truth is, without a strong showing this spring and summer, the results we see this fall might not matter one bit, Paul informed supporters on Wednesday.

Paul ripped into the business establishment, insisting the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and some other supposedly pro-business organizations announced they were planning to spend up to $50 million this primary season to defeat tea party and liberty movement candidates across the nation.

To them, the big problem we face today isnt our $17.3 trillion national debt, Paul continued. Its not the Federal Reserve devaluing our currency by printing money out of thin air. Its not even the Obamacare monstrosity, which threatens to destroy every last shred of our economic growth! To them, their big worry is ... folks who truly believe in limited government.

Blasting groups like the U.S. Chamber for cronyism, bailouts, sweetheart deals, and tacit support for tax-and-spend boondoggles, Paul praised leaders like U.S. Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich., U.S. Rep. Walter Jones, R-N.C., and U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky.

Paul praised candidates who are running for higher office.

Greg Brannon in North Carolina, Paul Broun in Georgia, and Owen Hill in Colorado are just a few of the candidates for federal office I have already endorsed, Paul continued. On the state level, I have issued endorsements for Debra Medina for Texas comptroller and Curtis Coleman for governor of Arkansas.

Paul added he was not done yet in the primaries. My staff and I are currently sorting through dozens of endorsement requests, and I am certain that number will only continue to rise, Paul insisted. There are Senate races in South Carolina, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, South Dakota, and other places where good liberty candidates could emerge. In the House, there are races in West Virginia, Utah, Tennessee, Arizona, and elsewhere where liberty candidates are running. Then there are the hundreds of state and local races across the country. I want to make endorsements and help as many of these candidates as possible.