During this year's Iowa State Fair, Republican contenders have descended on the fair grounds to pander to voters and peddle their electability. Donald Trump pandered to those distracted by spinning objects with free helicopter rides (I hope they all received a propeller hat as a souvenir). One candidate however was Missing In Action during the Iowa State Fair, and that candidate was Rand Paul who instead was in Haiti performing eye surgeries. Rather than trying to lead the blind in Iowa, Rand was actually curing the blind by removing cataracts from the eyes of some of the poorest people on earth.

My political beliefs aside, I'm inclined to think anybody helping the poor is a great thing, and aiming to be consistent, that includes when Rand Paul does it too. But unfortunately not everybody thinks so. Some people actually had the audacity to criticize Rand for his charity work. Breitbart News Editor Katie McHugh took to Twitter to lament Rand for going to Haiti to perform these charity procedures.



Yes... there is a Twitter user called @BoobsForRand...

Oops... then how about do more in Kenucky?

Praising Trump for donating, but ridiculing Rand for going?

I still can't get over the handle @BoobsForRand, but regardless, she brings up a great point. It's a monstrosity to marginalize somebody else's good deeds. There's also much more wrong with Katie's Tweet than can be summed up in the limited characters of a Twitter response. Let's start with calling Hatians peasants. Katie has single handedly proven that White Privilege isn't going away any time soon, and worse yet, is making a case for White Aristocracy. Secondly, Katie asks why Rand is not doing his charity work in Detroit. Well, unfortunately in the America we live in, you can't just cross state lines and stick a knife in someone's eye. Opthalmologists must be certified on a state by state basis, which is something a simple Google search would have told her before she took to Twitter to show off her mad cow disease.After apparently being informed that one cannot just drive to another state and perform surgery, Katie asks, "Why not Kentucky?" But she says it in a much more snarky tone as seen above. So I ask.... And why not Haiti? Does Katie ask the same question of churches that do mission trips abroad? Me thinks not. And likely neither do the many other people who weighed in on Katie's side. Clearly a double standard exists here, and so much so that they're willing to marginalize charity work of all things to enforce this double standard. This is disgusting.That's right, in a spat of profound intellectual dishonesty, Katie actually praises Trump for donating money to Rand's mission trip, while ridiculing Rand for actually going on this trip. Yes, these are the people who support Trump. The mindless majority, which is what gives me hope for this next upcoming election. The same people who hypothesize that entitlements aren't needed because people should be more voluntarily charitable, are belittling voluntary charity. These kinds of people actually vote... but lucky for us they'll vote for the person that could never win.