{"id":1128,"date":"2026-05-14T02:40:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T02:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnnglobalnews.com\/?p=1128"},"modified":"2026-05-14T02:40:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T02:40:06","slug":"rand-pauls-son-apologizes-for-antisemitic-and-anti-gay-rant-after-accosting-lawmaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/?p=1128","title":{"rendered":"Rand Paul\u2019s son apologizes for antisemitic and anti-gay rant after accosting lawmaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In apology, William Paul said he had had \u2018too much to drink\u2019 and the things he said \u2018don\u2019t represent who I really am\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Republican senator Rand Paul\u2019s son William apologized on Wednesday for a drunken tirade at a bar in Washington DC, in which he reportedly told a Republican congressman he \u201chates Jews and hates gays\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast night, I had too much to drink and said some things that don\u2019t represent who I really am. I\u2019m sorry and today I am seeking help for my drinking problem,\u201d William Paul posted on social media under the handle TastyBrew1776.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/may\/13\/rand-paul-son-apologizes-antisemitic-anti-gay-rant\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In apology, William Paul said he had had \u2018too much to drink\u2019 and the things he said \u2018don\u2019t represent who I really am\u2019 Republican senator Rand Paul\u2019s son William apologized &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/?p=1128\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1129,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}