Rioters clashed with police Thursday night into Friday morning after the last day of the GOP convention that took place in Washington DC. Chaos ensued right down the street from the White House.
Scenes from the east side of the White House #dcprotest pic.twitter.com/Cuwb5ptRbh
— Matt Brown (@mrbrownsir) August 28, 2020
Protesters in front of St Johns Church chanting if “we don’t get it (justice) burn it down!” pic.twitter.com/KDq73c0Knj
— Phillip Nieto (@nieto_phillip) August 28, 2020
BLM and Antifa rioters had several altercations with the police as they confronted attendees.
Protesters in front of St Johns Church chanting if “we don’t get it (justice) burn it down!” pic.twitter.com/KDq73c0Knj
— Phillip Nieto (@nieto_phillip) August 28, 2020
BLM Terrorists causing chaos on the streets of DC tonight
— Drew Hernandez (@livesmattershow) August 28, 2020
A crowd swarms DC Police officers as they try to make an arrest near the White House #DC #DCProtests pic.twitter.com/c1kiIKqvmD
— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) August 28, 2020
MPD JUST PEPPER SPRYED PROTESTERS AND PRESS 4/4 #dcprotest #dcprotests #blmprotest #ACAB #blm #Blacklivesmatter #JacobBlake #KenoshaProtests #RNC2020 #whitehouseprotest pic.twitter.com/cHUZopvaW3
— RawsMedia™ (@rawsmedia) August 28, 2020
A group of BLM rioters followed Senator Rand Paul and his wife, and one man tried to break through Senator Rand’s police detail.
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
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.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) August 28, 2020
He was not the only one attacked by the mob:
Protesters in front of St Johns Church chanting if “we don’t get it (justice) burn it down!” pic.twitter.com/KDq73c0Knj
— Phillip Nieto (@nieto_phillip) August 28, 2020
Protesters in front of St Johns Church chanting if “we don’t get it (justice) burn it down!” pic.twitter.com/KDq73c0Knj
— Phillip Nieto (@nieto_phillip) August 28, 2020
More yelling at trump supports #dcprotest #dcprotests #blmprotest #ACAB #blm #Blacklivesmatter #JacobBlake #KenoshaProtests #RNC2020 #whitehouseprotest pic.twitter.com/m9HqVOR2Sc
— RawsMedia™ (@rawsmedia) August 28, 2020
A bus full of RNC Convention attendees came down 14th heading towards a hotel. Upon seeing protesters in the street and a wall of police, they turn around, only to have protesters jump on the vehicle #RNCConvention2020 #DC #DCProtests pic.twitter.com/5vx68ESQ5d
— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) August 28, 2020
Senator Rand Paul said in an interview shortly after he was attacked by the mob outside the White House that his experience was horrific and regretted his decision to walk back to his hotel.
“You couldn’t reason with this mob, but I’m actually the author of a law to try and get rid of no knock raids. These people were unhinged. I’m not sure we would have made it.”
“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 explained.
“They were inciting a riot and they would have killed us had the police not been there,” he said, before profusely thanking the police who stepped up to protect him.
“I believe there are going to be people who are involved with the attack on us that actually were paid to come here, are not from Washington, DC, and are sort of paid to be anarchists.”
“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.”
“If you’re paying someone to incite a riot, that person needs to go to jail as well. I like being free to be able to take a walk in the park…I don’t hear Joe Biden saying anything about it…these are their voters.”
“It’s become so dangerous for us and I don’t hear Joe Biden or Kamala Harris saying one thing about the violence. This mob is their voters. This is the new Democrat party, and if we don’t resist this, the United States is going to become Portland. We’re going to become Chicago. All of these failed cities Democrats have run, the president said in his speech,” he 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.”
Here’s the entire interview: