Rand Paul Detained by TSA at Nashville Airport (Refused Pat Down)

Rand Paul Detained by TSA in Nashville

Ron Paul is reporting that his son, Rand Paul is being detained by the TSA at the Nashville Airport


#RonPaul -My son Rand is currently being detained by the TSA at the Nashville Airport. I'll share more details as the situation unfolds.

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul (R) was detained Monday by the Transportation Security Administration in Nashville, Tenn. after refusing a full body pat-down.  “I spoke with him five minutes ago and he was being detained indefinitely,” Paul spokesperson Moira Bagley said Monday morning. “The image scan went off, he refused patdown.”  Paul’s father, Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) tweeted out news of the incident, saying that there had been an “anomaly” with a body scanner.

“My son @SenRandPaul being detained by TSA for refusing full body pat-down after anomaly in body scanner in Nashville. More details coming,” wrote the authenticated Twitter account of presidential candidate Ron Paul.  Paul was travelling when he was detained.

The incident was first reported by Bagley on Twitter.

“Just got a call from @senrandpaul. He’s currently being detained by TSA in Nashville,”