Senator Rand Paul suggested that «C-list» singer Richard Marx might be responsible for him receiving a suspicious powder Monday.
The latest social media sparring between a politician and entertainer is getting especially personal, as Rand Paul, the COVID-downplaying Republican senator from Kentucky, took to Twitter to suggest that his having received a suspicious powder at his home might be due to singer Richard Marx “encouraging violence” against him. “I take these threats immensely seriously,” Paul said in a statement Tuesday. “As a repeated target of violence, it is reprehensible that Twitter allows C-list celebrities to encourage violence against me and my family. Just this weekend Richard Marx called for violence against me and now we receive this powder filled letter.” Earlier in the day, the FBI was reported to be investigating a large envelope containing an unknown white powder that was delivered to Paul’s home in Kentucky on Monday. The U.S. Capitol Police released a statement saying, “An initial test determined the substance is not dangerous. As a precaution, it was taken to an FBI lab for further testing.
