Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul was ambushed by a mob Thursday night following President Donald Trump’s Republican convention speech at the White House.
“Just got attacked by an angry mob of over 100, one block away from the White House,” Paul wrote on Twitter at 1:39 a.m. Friday. “Thank you to @DCPoliceDept for literally saving our lives from a crazed mob.”
Just got attacked by an angry mob of over 100, one block away from the White House. Thank you to @DCPoliceDept for literally saving our lives from a crazed mob.
— Rand Paul (@RandPaul) August 28, 2020
Videos on Twitter show Paul and his wife surrounded by the mob as they make their way back to their D.C. hotel escorted by law enforcement.
Rand Paul just got chased by a crowd back to his hotel, after leaving the White House from Trump’s Republican Party Nomination #DC #DCProtests pic.twitter.com/h1kPcZG1jh
— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) August 28, 2020
A cop was just shoved back into Rand Paul as they were standing. Rand Paul picked up the cop and began briskly walking away. He has now made it into his hotel. https://t.co/XJFGCa9MKP
— doge (@IntelDoge) August 28, 2020
Protester to man who sure looks like rand Paul: “you are disgusting!” pic.twitter.com/z6yuwhG6dU
— Justin Wm. Moyer (@justinwmmoyer) August 28, 2020
I think protesters are confronting … Rand Paul pic.twitter.com/aBLRnP5WgQ
— Justin Wm. Moyer (@justinwmmoyer) August 28, 2020
LIVE on #Periscope: Rand Paul?https://t.co/VEu9Y567ve
Rand Paul under siege
— John “Jack” Murphy Goldman ☀️ (@jackmurphylive) August 28, 2020
While the demonstrators invoked Breonna Taylor’s name demanding the Kentucky senator “say her name,” Paul was member of the upper chamber who introduced the “Justice for Breonna Taylor Act” barring no-knock warrants.
Paul is no stranger to being a victim of assault. In 2017, Paul suffered an attack from an upset neighbor in Bowling Green, Kentucky that left the senator with multiple broken ribs and a precipitated case of pneumonia. The injuries kept Paul away from the nation’s capital as lawmakers debated tax reform. Paul was forced to have part of his lungs removed.
