Kelley Paul, the wife of Senator Rand Paul, R-Ky., Scolded Politico for reporting that they were simply “confronted” by Protestants when the couple feared for their safety, when they were swarmed while leaving. the White House, following President Trump’s acceptance. speech at the Republican National Convention Thursday night.
“No @politico, we were not ‘confronted’ by Protestants. We were surrounded by a hateful crowd shouting horrible statements, and preventing us from moving, “Kelley Paul wrote in response to a Politco headline,” Protesters confront Rand Paul outside White House to RNC. “
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Politico did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Senator Paul said on “Fox & Friends” Friday morning that he believes he would have been killed if not for the police when he and Kelley were surrounded and attacked by a “mob” who shouted threats and carried police officers.
“It was horrible,” the Republican senator – who had part of his lung removed due to a complication of his 2017 attack by his neighbor – told host Steve Doocy of the “unforgettable” mob that is growing was.
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“They are trying to persuade the police to come to me, so at one point they push a policeman backwards, he stumbles and he tries to catch his balance and I grab the back of his flat jacket to stabilize him to make sure he OK because he’s our defense, “Paul explained. “When he’s down, the mob is loose on us.”
Kelley Paul, the wife of Senator Rand Paul, R-Ky., Blamed Politico for reporting that they were simply “confronted” by Protestants when the couple feared for their safety.
If not for the police, Paul said he could have killed or recovered at the hospital, adding that people followed him to the hotel.
“I truly believe this with every fiber of my being, if they were with us, they would have us on the ground, we might not have been killed, we might have just been hurt by kicking them in the head, or in ‘ the stomach kicks until we were senseless, ‘he explained.
Paul tried to get to his hotel on the other side of the White House road, but it was blocked by Protestants, who said that the secret service had ordered him, his wife, Kelley, and two female friends to board a bus. to walk, which took 45 minutes to get through all the mobs, and then he was aiming to get an Uber to get off at the hotel, but the streets were blocked and no one would let them through.
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“They shouted threats against us, to kill us, to injure us, but also threats that said, ‘Say her name, Breonna Taylor,’ and it’s like you can not reason with this mob, but I am actually the author of the Breonna Taylor Act to end no-knock raids, so the irony is lost on these idiots that they are trying to kill the person who is actually trying to get away from no-knock raids, he said.
Paul said he wrote 22 reforms of criminal justice with President Trump and former President Barack Obama, but the protesters still shouted, “We will not let you live unless you say you are in favor of criminal justice reform.”
