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Botany

(70,291 posts)
Fri Aug 28, 2020, 01:20 PM Aug 2020

Rand Paul claims he was 'attacked by an angry mob' leaving White House. Problem is, there's video

"Rand Paul trying to draw attention to himself by intentionally walking into a protest ... " And his wife
is out in front of him getting through the crowd too.

Daily Kos: Rand Paul claims he was 'attacked by an angry mob' leaving White House. Problem is, there's video




https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/8/28/1973012/-Rand-Paul-claims-he-was-attacked-by-an-angry-mob-leaving-White-House-Problem-is-there-s-video?detail=emaildkre

After leaving Donald Trump’s big illegal speech, Sen. Rand Paul did a personal test run of the Republican National Convention’s message that chaos and violence reigns in cities under Democratic leadership and would spread under a Joe Biden presidency. And, like the message as a whole, Paul’s claim was visibly false.

“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,” Paul tweeted. Problem being, there’s video, and it doesn’t show what he says.

In the video, protesters surround Paul and his wife as they’re escorted by police. Some “say her name” chants are audible, and a little jostling is visible, with one police officer at one point shoved backward into Paul. But that’s it. That’s the “angry,” “crazed mob.” Rand Paul has faced a helluva lot more violence from his own neighbor.

Republicans, of course, are eager to embrace any protest for Black lives or against Donald Trump as inherently violent, just as they’re increasingly eager to embrace murderers if those murderers are Trump supporters. The message is that the United States is a terrible, broken place, and what we need is four more years of Trump to crack down on those who dare to resist. But this is what it looks like: Rand Paul trying to draw attention to himself by intentionally walking into a protest he had to know was there, and walking out without violence or injury, but claiming that the police were required to “literally sav[e] our lives from a crazed mob.”

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Congrats to all DUers who called bullshit on Rand Paul's tweet this AM.
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Rand Paul claims he was 'attacked by an angry mob' leaving White House. Problem is, there's video (Original Post) Botany Aug 2020 OP
Putin's little errand boy is trying hard to manufacture outrage dalton99a Aug 2020 #1
Check this out. TheBlackAdder Aug 2020 #13
+1 dalton99a Aug 2020 #14
Whoops there it is. Grokenstein Aug 2020 #25
+1, meaning he feels there were too many non whites close to him uponit7771 Aug 2020 #34
What a tool. He's disgusting... ResistantAmerican17 Aug 2020 #2
Rand Paul and his wife intentionally walked into the protest. madaboutharry Aug 2020 #3
they decided not to take the shuttle that was available. IcyPeas Aug 2020 #19
Even if it were true, the socialist police shouldn't exist. no_hypocrisy Aug 2020 #4
They stage this shit and think we will buy it? pwb Aug 2020 #5
I love "gotcha" moments with these assholes... nt mitch96 Aug 2020 #6
He looks skkkeered. nt live love laugh Aug 2020 #7
He really does. Mariana Aug 2020 #18
"sKKKeered" is right! lastlib Aug 2020 #23
His only aspect that isn't completely phony. Grokenstein Aug 2020 #26
Looks like a new RNC ad to me. Net loss for us. IADEMO2004 Aug 2020 #8
Kickin' with disgust! Faux pas Aug 2020 #9
To be fair to RP, he did get his ass kicked by 1 neighbor. Quiet_Dem_Mom Aug 2020 #10
Looks to me like the cop pushed first Takket Aug 2020 #11
Typical republican whining opportunity. Republicans are all such VICTIMS!!!! BComplex Aug 2020 #12
Victimhood and claiming persecution is what unifies them DSandra Aug 2020 #21
Republicans are full time victims constantly looking for something to be offended by. hadEnuf Aug 2020 #30
Can the people of Kentucky Vote this Fraud out RANDYWILDMAN Aug 2020 #15
All Rs and Fox hosts and Murdochs should be treated the same way. Pepsidog Aug 2020 #16
Well, he did have to be near Bettie Aug 2020 #17
Rand Paul bdamomma Aug 2020 #20
God, what a bunch of fainting nancies... Aristus Aug 2020 #22
To Dr Rand verbal abuse is worse than getting shot 7 times in the back McCamy Taylor Aug 2020 #24
He used the police to cover his slimy ass kacekwl Aug 2020 #27
SOP for "white nationalists"! Mopar151 Aug 2020 #38
Drama Queen BillyBobBrilliant Aug 2020 #28
The video I saw early this morning on CBS Delmette2.0 Aug 2020 #29
Pushing women along in front of him... SergeStorms Aug 2020 #31
AKA "... there are too many black folk near me ... " for MAGA Cultist uponit7771 Aug 2020 #32
Randy ain't seen a real mob yet. His neighbor was a warning. This was the second? Maybe Evolve Dammit Aug 2020 #33
Wouldn't care if he got his ass thoroughly kicked a second time. BusyBeingBest Aug 2020 #35
Liar's gonna lie. Ferrets are Cool Aug 2020 #36
"Some replies hidden by the tweet author." OneBro Aug 2020 #37
And he wonders why his neighbors want to beat the stuffing out of him maxrandb Aug 2020 #39
You're wrong. Grins Aug 2020 #40
Yeah, he got bumped RussBLib Aug 2020 #42
Persecution complex bucolic_frolic Aug 2020 #41
Video Needs to Be Seen erpowers Aug 2020 #43
Today we learned a male Karen is called a "Rand." DesertRat Aug 2020 #44
Who knew rand paul was such a fucking Liar Cha Aug 2020 #45
He is a snowflake DBoon Aug 2020 #46
Just look at his hair. He obviously had a recent terrifying incident of some kind. brewens Sep 2020 #47
His neighbor needs to take another whack at him. Crunchy Frog Sep 2020 #48
Getting heckled is getting attacked? snowflake Flaleftist Sep 2020 #49

TheBlackAdder

(28,076 posts)
13. Check this out.
Fri Aug 28, 2020, 01:49 PM
Aug 2020

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This is what Rand Paul considered an "attack". (Those cellphone camera lights can be really scary.)

Oddly, there were no cops at the convention exit, as if the RNC was using exiting attendees as bait for an attack that never came.




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Grokenstein

(5,707 posts)
25. Whoops there it is.
Fri Aug 28, 2020, 02:47 PM
Aug 2020
as if the RNC was using exiting attendees as bait for an attack that never came.

They told the sniveling coward to go out there and "get mobbed" but he's too much of a pathetic fuck-up.

madaboutharry

(40,153 posts)
3. Rand Paul and his wife intentionally walked into the protest.
Fri Aug 28, 2020, 01:23 PM
Aug 2020

Paul is a provocateur. He can't even breathe without being a fraud.

lastlib

(22,981 posts)
23. "sKKKeered" is right!
Fri Aug 28, 2020, 02:44 PM
Aug 2020

Naaah, Rand, that was a POLITE mob. If you had been attacked by an "angry" mob, they would have picked you up with a sponge.

Seems to me that if you weren't part of the tRumpski/Putin Mob, you would've gotten through that little "mob" just fine.

No sympathy for the devil from here.

Quiet_Dem_Mom

(599 posts)
10. To be fair to RP, he did get his ass kicked by 1 neighbor.
Fri Aug 28, 2020, 01:30 PM
Aug 2020

He probably does think he'll be killed by a "mob" of 100 people (in a staged photo/video-op).



Takket

(21,425 posts)
11. Looks to me like the cop pushed first
Fri Aug 28, 2020, 01:32 PM
Aug 2020

One of the protestor, looks like guy with long dreads, stepped in close to shout at Fuckface and the cop shoved him with his bike. The protestor, who, imagine this, s upset that he was just physically assaulted, shoves back And the cop is pushed into Fuckface.

Want to see an actual assaulting Mob watch the video of the Libyans who found Qaddafi in his hole. Until then stop whining about being bumped, Fuckface. I’ve been shoved worse trying to get in line for Small World in Disney World.

DSandra

(999 posts)
21. Victimhood and claiming persecution is what unifies them
Fri Aug 28, 2020, 02:38 PM
Aug 2020

-Christians being persecuted (when Christianity is not supposed to be the official religion of America.)
-Gun owners being persecuted (by those Democrats who don’t want to be the victim of someone who can kill them with a weapon that makes killing so easy.)
-Big Business being persecuted with regulations (when unfettered capitalism is hazardous to society)
- Republicans in general being looked down upon by the coastal elite (when time and time again they lie, cheat, and try to push stupid and harmful policies that deserve no respect, and which shows they deserve little respect.)
- Freedom loving Americans that are persecuted by the statist liberals (when all they really want is the freedom to not care about harming others.)

This is really a game played by bullies trying to paint themselves as innocent.

RANDYWILDMAN

(2,645 posts)
15. Can the people of Kentucky Vote this Fraud out
Fri Aug 28, 2020, 01:57 PM
Aug 2020

and he is considered the less evil senator from Kentucky

Pepsidog

(6,252 posts)
16. All Rs and Fox hosts and Murdochs should be treated the same way.
Fri Aug 28, 2020, 02:20 PM
Aug 2020

And I for one would make sure my wife was protected, seems like the coward Paul was only worried about himself.

Bettie

(15,998 posts)
17. Well, he did have to be near
Fri Aug 28, 2020, 02:23 PM
Aug 2020

people who aren't rich. To him, that's probably so distasteful as to feel like assault. They yelled at him and that gives poor little Rand a sad.

I can't even muster up a tiny bit of sympathy for him. Weird, right?

kacekwl

(6,994 posts)
27. He used the police to cover his slimy ass
Fri Aug 28, 2020, 03:03 PM
Aug 2020

putting them and protesters at risk of injuries for no reason but a trump like photo opp.

Mopar151

(9,965 posts)
38. SOP for "white nationalists"!
Fri Aug 28, 2020, 04:19 PM
Aug 2020

The racists, stand on the cops side of the street. The KKK does not emerge from hiding without police protection.

SergeStorms

(18,903 posts)
31. Pushing women along in front of him...
Fri Aug 28, 2020, 03:51 PM
Aug 2020

to protect him from the terrible words! What a fucking coward, just like his buddy Trump. Disgusting!

Evolve Dammit

(16,632 posts)
33. Randy ain't seen a real mob yet. His neighbor was a warning. This was the second? Maybe
Fri Aug 28, 2020, 03:52 PM
Aug 2020

Aqua Buddha will get it someday, but I doubt it. Besides I thought Libertarians didn't need police...?

OneBro

(1,159 posts)
37. "Some replies hidden by the tweet author."
Fri Aug 28, 2020, 04:12 PM
Aug 2020

Apparently there was too much truth coming back at Rand Paul.

maxrandb

(15,192 posts)
39. And he wonders why his neighbors want to beat the stuffing out of him
Fri Aug 28, 2020, 04:19 PM
Aug 2020

Words matter you fucking asspickle.

And Rand,

Go fuck yourself sideways with a First Edition Hard Cover copy of Atlas Shrugged you worthless piece of amphibian shit.

Grins

(7,134 posts)
40. You're wrong.
Fri Aug 28, 2020, 04:25 PM
Aug 2020

The protesters were too rowdy.
The Reich will use this clip over and over.
They gave them the club to beat them.
And the “Heartland” will believe the worst about Democrats.

RussBLib

(8,985 posts)
42. Yeah, he got bumped
Fri Aug 28, 2020, 04:38 PM
Aug 2020

I would have been scared of that crowd, and I'm a democrat. It's too much. Biden should address it.

erpowers

(9,350 posts)
43. Video Needs to Be Seen
Fri Aug 28, 2020, 09:29 PM
Aug 2020

This video needs to be seen by as many people as possible. There was not an angry mob anywhere around him.

brewens

(13,400 posts)
47. Just look at his hair. He obviously had a recent terrifying incident of some kind.
Tue Sep 1, 2020, 12:56 AM
Sep 2020

Or maybe he flips out at just about anything?

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