Turns out the plagiarism accusations against Rand Paul were more serious than initially thought:
BUZZFEED – The conservative Washington D.C. newspaper The Washington Times announced Tuesday it is ending Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul’s column after it was discovered that a portion of his column was plagiarized.
Sections of an op-ed Kentucky Paul wrote on mandatory minimum sentencing in the paper in September appeared nearly identical to an article by Dan Stewart of The Week that ran earlier.
Paul also delivered testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Sept. 16, 2013, that included the copied sections from The Week.
“We expect our columnists to submit original work and to properly attribute material, and we appreciate that the senator and his staff have taken responsibility for an oversight in one column,” Washington Times’ editor John Solomon told the paper Tuesday.
Whether it’s sloppiness of what, plagiarism is a pretty big deal when it’s found to be true. And the other bad thing about it is that it vindicates Rachel Maddow who first brought these claims to the forefront.
I sure hope he’s more careful in the future because his opponents will be following his every word hence forth and this is the last thing a potential presidential candidate needs.