WASHINGTON – Senator Rand Paul said early Friday morning that he was “attacked” by Protestants at the White House following President Donald Trump’s acceptance speech to the Republican National Convention.
“Just attacked by an angry mob of more than 100, one block away from the White House,” the Kentucky Republican tweeted. “Thank you @DCPoliceDept for literally saving our lives from a crazy mob. “
Senator Ted Cruz, R-Texas, retweeted his colleague’s post, saying, “Horrific. Our prayers are with you, my friend. @RandPaul This madness must stop. ”
Several hours later, in an interview on Fox News’ “Fox and Friends,” Paul said he and his wife could not stay at the hotel because of the “mob,” which he said doubled to about 120 people “around us. and it got closer and closer, and everyone kept pushing back “when the police formed a barricade to protect the senator and his party.
“They shouted threats for us, to kill us, to injure us, but also threats that shout ‘say her name,'” referring to Breonna Taylor, Paul said, adding that he has proposed legislation to end it. without ending knock. Taylor was shot dead in March by Louisville police carrying out such an order.
“I truly believe this with every glass fiber of my being: If they were with us, they would get us on the ground,” he said. “We might not have been killed, would have just been injured by kicking in the head, or kicking in the stomach until we were senseless. You saw the pictures.”
Paul then repeatedly said that he believed the people who confronted him were “hired and from outside the city.”
“Specifically in our case, I believe they will be people involved in the attack on us who were actually paid to come here, not from Washington, DC, and are kind of paid to be anarchists,” he said. hy. “This is the new Democratic Party, and if we do not resist this, the United States will become Portland. We will become Chicago … all these failed cities have Democrats running.”
Video clips of the situation circulating on Twitter did not show anyone physically assaulting Paul himself, but protesters around and confronted him, with some shaking police as officers offered him and his wife protection.
