`` I do n't want to characterize how everybody else feels about what I said , but I think it was a good opening to the conversation , '' Paul said in an interview set to air Friday . Ron Paul talked to CNN 's Wolf Report about his meeting in Columbia , Missouri with the NAACP . He said Republicans have made a big mistake by not reaching out to black voters . Paul believes that local police departments have become too militarized . He also says he has worked to help decrease ` ` racial outcomes '' in the war on drugs .
Ron Paul talked to CNN 's Wolf Report about his meeting in Columbia , Missouri with the NAACP . He said Republicans have made a big mistake by not reaching out to black voters . Paul believes that local police departments have become too militarized . He also says he has worked to help decrease ` ` racial outcomes '' in the war on drugs .