{"id":1276,"date":"2020-08-28T20:47:57","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T20:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businessner.com\/?p=1276"},"modified":"2020-08-28T20:47:57","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T20:47:57","slug":"rand-paul-and-wife-chased-down-street-by-blm-protesters-as-chaos-erupts-in-dc-after-gop-convention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businessner.com\/rand-paul-and-wife-chased-down-street-by-blm-protesters-as-chaos-erupts-in-dc-after-gop-convention\/","title":{"rendered":"Rand Paul And Wife Chased Down Street By BLM Protesters as Chaos Erupts In DC After GOP Convention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Scenes from the east side of the White House <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/dcprotest?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#dcprotest<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Cuwb5ptRbh\">pic.twitter.com\/Cuwb5ptRbh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matt Brown (@mrbrownsir) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mrbrownsir\/status\/1299186436957233153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 28, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Protesters in front of St Johns Church chanting if \u201cwe don\u2019t get it (justice) burn it down!\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KDq73c0Knj\">pic.twitter.com\/KDq73c0Knj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Phillip Nieto (@nieto_phillip) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nieto_phillip\/status\/1299155261748326400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 28, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>BLM and Antifa rioters had several altercations with the police as they confronted attendees.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Protesters in front of St Johns Church chanting if \u201cwe don\u2019t get it (justice) burn it down!\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KDq73c0Knj\">pic.twitter.com\/KDq73c0Knj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Phillip Nieto (@nieto_phillip) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nieto_phillip\/status\/1299155261748326400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 28, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BLM Terrorists causing chaos on the streets of DC tonight <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B6wNBBEtvX\">pic.twitter.com\/B6wNBBEtvX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Drew Hernandez (@livesmattershow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/livesmattershow\/status\/1299232860755210240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 28, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A crowd swarms DC Police officers as they try to make an arrest near the White House <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DCProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DCProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/c1kiIKqvmD\">pic.twitter.com\/c1kiIKqvmD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BGOnTheScene\/status\/1299206415962320896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 28, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">MPD JUST PEPPER SPRYED PROTESTERS AND PRESS 4\/4 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/dcprotest?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#dcprotest<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/dcprotests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#dcprotests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/blmprotest?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#blmprotest<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ACAB?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ACAB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/blm?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#blm<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Blacklivesmatter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Blacklivesmatter<\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JacobBlake?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JacobBlake<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KenoshaProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#KenoshaProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RNC2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RNC2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/whitehouseprotest?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#whitehouseprotest<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cHUZopvaW3\">pic.twitter.com\/cHUZopvaW3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; RawsMedia\u2122 (@rawsmedia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rawsmedia\/status\/1299219601914503168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 28, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A group of BLM rioters followed Senator Rand Paul and his wife, and one man tried to break through Senator Rand&#8217;s police detail.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rand Paul just got chased by a crowd back to his hotel, after leaving the White House from Trump\u2019s Republican Party Nomination <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DCProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DCProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/h1kPcZG1jh\">pic.twitter.com\/h1kPcZG1jh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BGOnTheScene\/status\/1299217655816216576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 28, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just got attacked by an angry mob of over 100, one block away from the White House. Thank you to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DCPoliceDept?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DCPoliceDept<\/a> for literally saving our lives from a crazed mob.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RandPaul\/status\/1299219937517613056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 28, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>He was not the only one attacked by the mob:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Protesters in front of St Johns Church chanting if \u201cwe don\u2019t get it (justice) burn it down!\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KDq73c0Knj\">pic.twitter.com\/KDq73c0Knj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Phillip Nieto (@nieto_phillip) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nieto_phillip\/status\/1299155261748326400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 28, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Protesters in front of St Johns Church chanting if \u201cwe don\u2019t get it (justice) burn it down!\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KDq73c0Knj\">pic.twitter.com\/KDq73c0Knj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Phillip Nieto (@nieto_phillip) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nieto_phillip\/status\/1299155261748326400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 28, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">More yelling at trump supports <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/dcprotest?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#dcprotest<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/dcprotests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#dcprotests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/blmprotest?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#blmprotest<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ACAB?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ACAB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/blm?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#blm<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Blacklivesmatter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Blacklivesmatter<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JacobBlake?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JacobBlake<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KenoshaProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#KenoshaProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RNC2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RNC2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/whitehouseprotest?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#whitehouseprotest<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/m9HqVOR2Sc\">pic.twitter.com\/m9HqVOR2Sc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; RawsMedia\u2122 (@rawsmedia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rawsmedia\/status\/1299206876438167552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 28, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">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 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RNCConvention2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RNCConvention2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DCProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DCProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5vx68ESQ5d\">pic.twitter.com\/5vx68ESQ5d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BGOnTheScene\/status\/1299225306071552000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 28, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Senator Rand Paul <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-8672681\/BLM-protesters-gather-outside-White-House-Trumps-RNC-speech.html\">said<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;You couldn&#8217;t reason with this mob,\u00a0<\/strong>but I&#8217;m actually the author of a law to try and get rid of no knock raids. These people were unhinged. I&#8217;m not sure we would have made it.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I truly\u00a0believe this with every fiber of\u00a0my being, had they gotten at us\u00a0they would have gotten us to the\u00a0ground, we might not have been killed,\u00a0might just have been injured by\u00a0being kicked in the head, or\u00a0kicked in the stomach until we\u00a0were senseless,&#8221; he explained.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;They were inciting a riot and\u00a0they would have killed us had\u00a0the police not been there,&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong>he said, before profusely thanking the police who stepped up to protect him.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I\u00a0believe there\u00a0are going to be\u00a0people who are involved with the\u00a0attack on us that actually\u00a0were paid to come here, are not\u00a0from Washington, DC, and are\u00a0sort of paid to be anarchists.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is disturbing because\u00a0really, if you&#8217;re inciting a\u00a0riot that&#8217;s a crime, but if\u00a0you&#8217;re paying someone to incite\u00a0a riot that person needs to go\u00a0to jail as well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you&#8217;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&#8230;I don&#8217;t hear Joe Biden saying anything about it&#8230;these are their voters.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s become so dangerous for us\u00a0and I don&#8217;t hear Joe Biden or\u00a0Kamala Harris saying one thing\u00a0about the violence.\u00a0This mob is their voters.\u00a0This is the new Democrat party,\u00a0and if we don&#8217;t resist this, the United States is going to become\u00a0Portland.\u00a0We&#8217;re going to become Chicago.\u00a0All of these failed cities\u00a0Democrats have run, the president\u00a0said in his speech,&#8221; he said. &#8220;<strong>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&#8217;t say that strong enough.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the entire interview:<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"OFDx5qTlGjU\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rand Paul recounts being surrounded by protesters as he left the RNC\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OFDx5qTlGjU?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 &mdash; Matt Brown (@mrbrownsir) August 28, 2020 Protesters in front of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1285,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"Rioters Clash with Police after GOP Convention, Chaos Erupts Near White House","_seopress_titles_desc":"BLM and Antifa rioters confront attendees, attacking Senator Rand Paul. 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