Nah, I recall the story but was unsure whether the donations were returned or not and frankly did not care enough to scroogle it to find out as even “if” he accepted them, I have little problem with Paul doing so.
Imvho, if Republicans are to be consistent they cannot simultaneously complain about “Campaign Finance Reform limiting free speech” while at the same time refusing the equivalent of Speech, which is money, at least that was the law until “Campaign Finance Reform” took effect.
There was quite a bit of discussion concerning Paul accepting funds solicited through a neo-nazi website. His campaign manager refused to return the funds.
This isn’t a matter of consistency. It is one thing for a republican, or anyone else, to protest laws prohibiting campaign donations. It is altogether another thing to accept funds from neo-nazis.
Integrity is the property of having your outside actions reflect faithfully your inner values. If, as many say, Paul is a man of integrity, then his outside actions of accepting funds from neo-nazis does not reflect well on his inner values does it?