VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. Rand Paul spent Monday touting Ken Cuccinellis libertarian bona fides across Virginia. <\/p>\n
The Republican candidate for governor brought in the Kentucky senator for three joint appearances aimed both at firing up the base and stopping the bleeding of support to a Libertarian Party candidate ahead of the Nov. 5 election. <\/p>\n
Robert Sarvis, persistently pulling around 10 percent in polls, could be a spoiler. <\/p>\n
Paul delivered the convocation at the Liberty University convocation Monday morning in Lynchburg, flew here to the coast for an afternoon rally at a Filipino Cultural Center and finished the tour with a get-out-the-vote event in the D.C. suburb of Fairfax. <\/p>\n
(PHOTOS: Ken Cuccinellis career) <\/p>\n
The likely 2016 presidential candidate avoided directly attacking Sarvis in his public speeches, instead praising Cuccinelli for opposing intrusive government surveillance programs and new forms of gun control. <\/p>\n
He also highlighted the current Virginia attorney generals success at exonerating a wrongfully-convicted man and freeing him from jail. <\/p>\n
Theres only one candidate that will defend the Fourth Amendment, that will defend the Sixth Amendment, and its Ken Cuccinelli, said Paul. <\/p>\n
Asked after his speech why Cuccinelli is better than the third-party challenger, Paul said he has heard Sarvis wants to create forms of taxation which is not a very libertarian idea. <\/p>\n
I dont know a lot about his platform, said Paul. I like a lot of the things Ken Cuccinelli stands for. <\/p>\n
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