On Monday, half of KidUnity went to Rand Paul’s headquarters and interviewed his Youth Director, Cliff Maloney.  KidUnity also received a tour of Rand Paul’s headquarters and were very welcomed by all of the Rand Paul supporters.  At Ted Cruz’s campaign headquarters, nearly no one welcomed us and everybody was ‘too busy’ to give us a decent tour. 

But, at the Rand Paul headquarters, Cliff Maloney, gave fifteen minutes out of his busy day of the Iowa Caucus to interview a bunch of sixth graders from across the country.  He was very generous and kind.  Cliff Maloney is a teacher of fifth grade in America and also taught in New Zealand.  He left his job as a teacher for three months just to become Rand Paul’s Youth Director.

I asked Mr. Maloney the question, “How often do you meet with Rand Paul and talk to him?”  Cliff answered that he works with Rand every day, whether it is through the phone or in person.  He said that Rand is a very kind man with amazing ideas.

Cliff said that the Youth Director is one of the most important jobs in Rand’s campaign because they were aiming for youths to vote for them and his job is to recruit youths for their campaign.  The reason Rand Paul was recruiting youths is because those are the people who believe in him the most.  The policy that many youths agree with is the policy that phones cannot be monitored by the government.  Rand believes that phones should not be able to be monitored by the government because it breaks the amendment that you have the right to privacy.

I, personally, understand that phones can be monitored by the government if you are a suspected criminal, but otherwise it is not fair.  That is the main reason Cliff supports Rand Paul, that phones should not be monitored.

Sadly, Rand Paul suspended his campaign today because he was at a disappointing 4%.

A funny story in Rand Paul’s headquarters is that a supporter of Rand brought a dog to his headquarters!  All of the KidUnity students were frantically petting the dog, named Daffy.  Daffy got frustrated by all of the hands touching her and growled!  Overall, it was an amazing experience at Rand Paul’s headquarters.