Blog Topic: Paul Broun's Krazy Korner

In the Loop: Paul Broun Is Giving Away More Guns

By David Schick | March 7, 2014 2:50pm

A lucky contest winner will be able to choose between a Colt Marine Corps 1911 Rail Pistol Model Number 01070QB (left) or Colt Magpul 6920 Flat Dark Earth with an Aim Point Optic and sure fire tactical flashlight (right).

Athens' favorite Second Amendment crusader and U.S. Senate hopeful, U.S. Rep. Paul Broun (R-Athens), is once again giving away another firearm to his supporters.

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In the Loop: Magazine: Paul Broun Is a Moderate

By Blake Aued | February 6, 2014 3:11pm

U.S. Rep. Paul Broun (R-Athens) is the 196th most conservative House member out of 435, according to the National Journal, a conservative political magazine.

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In the Loop: Paul Broun Is Giving Away an Assault Rifle

By Tom Crawford | January 24, 2014 1:37pm

U.S. Rep. Paul Broun plans to hold a prize drawing in which he will award to the winner a semi-automatic Bushmaster AR-15 assault rifle—the same type of weapon used to shoot and kill 20 young schoolchildren and six educators in Newtown, CT.

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In the Loop: AFL-CIO Attacks Broun on Immigration

By Blake Aued | November 12, 2013 12:37pm

Georgia AFL-CIO President Charlie Fleming (center) announces an ad buy pushing for comprehensive immigration reform.

The AFL-CIO announced a "seven figure" television ad buy last week in front of U.S. Rep. Paul Broun's Athens office attacking Broun and other Republican congressmen for their stance against immigration reform.

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In the Loop: Huh? Paul Broun Organized in 'All 165 Counties'

By Blake Aued | October 23, 2013 4:25pm

U.S. Rep. Paul Broun (R-Athens) recently bragged on his Senate campaign website that he had organized all 165 counties in Georgia.

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In the Loop: Broun's Obamacare Claim Is 'Mostly False'

By Blake Aued | October 22, 2013 1:01pm

The nonpartisan fact-checkers at Politifact Georgia say U.S. Rep. Paul Broun's claim that "Obamacare will increase the long-term federal deficit by $6.2 trillion" is "mostly false."

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In the Loop: The Shutdown Helps Michelle Nunn Beat Paul Broun

By Blake Aued | October 16, 2013 1:47pm

The government shutdown might help Democrats pick up a Republican-held Senate seat in Georgia, according to a new poll.

Public Policy Polling found that Georgians oppose the shutdown 61 percent to 31 percent, and that opposition is hurting Republican candidates to replace the retiring Sen. Saxby Chambliss.

The Democratic frontrunner, Michelle Nunn, is tied with a generic Republican at 42 percent.

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In the Loop: Athens Residents Protest Shutdown Outside Broun's Office

By David Schick | October 12, 2013 12:00am

Photo Credit: David Schick

Over a dozen protesters rallied outside U.S. Rep. Paul Broun's Atlanta Highway district office Friday to voice their grievances about the government shutdown.

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In the Loop: Watch CNN's Wolf Blitzer Take It to Paul Broun

By Blake Aued | October 10, 2013 12:45pm

Broun believes (or is cynically implying to the Republican base that he believes) that Obama is actually going to bring about a revolution that ends the United States of America as a nation.

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In the Loop: How Paul Broun and a Handful of Tea Party Congressmen Shut Down the Government

By Blake Aued | October 3, 2013 12:39pm

Last week, The New Yorker's Ryan Lizza wrote about 80 Republican congressmen who forced House Speaker John Boehner into the politically disastrous course of demanding the repeal of the Affordable Care Act or else shutting down the government. Conservative commentator Charles Krauthammer dubbed them "the suicide caucus."

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