Politics & Government

Randi Shannon: Ron Paul 'Knows' of Alternative Government

Randi Shannon, Ron Paul supporter and former Republican candidate for the Iowa State Senate District 34, explains why she thinks Paul knows of the alternative government that she left the race for.

made headlines a month back when she dropped out as the Republican candidate for .

The ardent Ron Paul supporter did so to join an alternative government called , which claims to be the legitimate government.

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Even though her political hero, , is a senator in what she calls the illegitimate "corporate" government, she recently said in an interview with a Ron Paul fan video-blog that he is well aware of the "legitimate" government, but simply doesn’t talk about it.

"What Ron Paul knows, which is what I found out, and you know he doesn’t openly talk about this, but you know he knows when he talks about cutting the different departments, especially the department of education being one of them, that these are unconstitutional departments…"

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is the new Republican candidate for Marion’s seat — he’s running against Democratic incumbent Liz Mathis.

Start the video at 6:10 to see her talk about Ron Paul’s alleged association with the Republic for the United States of America.

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