Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., attacked by a mob outside the White House after President Trump's Republican National Convention speech Aug. 27, 2020 (@bgonthescene)
If not for the police, Sen. Rand Paul says he and his wife might have been killed last night in an attack by a violent mob of as many as 120 on a Washington, D.C., street as they left the White House after President Trump's nomination speech.
"I truly believe this with every fiber of my being, had they gotten at us they would have gotten us to the ground, we might not have been killed, might just have been injured by being kicked in the head, or kicked in the stomach until we were senseless," he said in an interview Friday morning with "Fox &
Friends."
The Kentucky senator said the incident was "horrific," with a growing mob "shouting threats to us, to kill us, to hurt us, but also threats saying shout, shouting 'say her name,' Breonna Taylor."
It was impossible to reason with them he said, because he happens to be the author of the law to end no-knock raids that bears the name of Breonna Taylor, the 26-year-old African American who was fatally shot by police in Louisville, Kentucky, in March.
"The irony is lost on these idiots that they're trying to kill the person who's actually trying to get rid of no-knock raids," he said.
Paul said he's authored 22 criminal justice reforms with President Trump and former President Obama.
Yet the demonstrators were still yelling: "We're not going to let you go alive unless you'll say you're for criminal justice reform."
Paul said the mob pushed a police officer backwards to get to him. The senator said he caught the back of the officer's flak jacket to stabilize him "to make sure he's OK because he's our defense."
"If he's down, the mob's loose on us," the senator said.
See video of the assault on Sen. Rand Paul:
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
See police escorting Sen. Rand Paul to his hotel:
See Sen. Rand Paul's interview with "Fox & Friends":
Paul said he believes the people involved in the attack were paid to come there and wreak havoc. He wants the FBI to investigate "interstate criminal traffic being paid for across state lines," because people have already been killed in other cities.
"This is disturbing because, really, if you're inciting a riot that's a crime, but if you're paying someone to incite a riot that person needs to go to jail as well," he told "Fox & Friends."
"They were inciting a riot and they would have killed us had the police not been there," he said.
Paul said the mob represents "the new Democrat party," the voters of the ticket of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
"If we don't resist this, the United States is going to become Portland. We're going to become Chicago," he said.
"All of these failed cities Democrats have run, the president said in his speech," Paul said. "If we allow them to take over the White House, we are going to become Portland, the country will be on fire, we have to have law and order and we have to support the police. I can't say that strong enough."
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