Announcing his candidacy for the presidency, Rand Paul uttered the words that cannot be spoken:

“I have a message: A message that is loud and clear and does not mince words. We have come to take our country back,” Paul said as he took the stage at a rally in Louisville.

Uh oh. That’s pretty racist, right? Twitter certainly seems to think so.

Still, if it’s good enough for Howard Dean, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Chuck Schumer, James Carville, Katrina Vanden Heuvel, and pretty much everyone else in politics on both sides of the aisle, I suppose it’ll have to be good enough for Rand Paul too.