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CBC News reports:
A crowd of protesters surrounded U.S. Sen. Rand Paul as he was leaving the White House following the Republican National Convention early Friday, shouting for the lawmaker from Kentucky to acknowledge the shooting of Breonna Taylor.
Video posted on social media showed dozens of people confronting Paul and his wife, who were flanked by Metro Police, in a Washington street after midnight.
Protesters could be heard shouting “No Justice No Peace” and “Say Her Name” before one appears to briefly clash with an officer, pushing him and his bike backward, sending the officer into Paul’s shoulder.
Bloomberg reports:
As Trump and others spoke, protesters marched outside the gates, honking horns and chanting slogans. Noise drifted over to the South Lawn and could occasionally be heard on the RNC’s television broadcast, but the event continued uninterrupted.
Protests against police brutality and racial inequality have intensified this week after a police officer in the southeastern Wisconsin city of Kenosha shot Jacob Blake, a Black man, seven times in the back. Two protesters were killed and a third was injured in a subsequent shooting nights later.
Protesters Confront Rand Paul About Breonna Taylor After RNC https://t.co/S854HuyZKH pic.twitter.com/CSlAQGkElM
— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) August 28, 2020
The mob has surrounded Senator @RandPaul and his wife as they left the White House
pic.twitter.com/Wm7IojAQTF— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) August 28, 2020
Attendees to President Trump’s speech being harassed as they leave the White House
pic.twitter.com/yZK3t337tF— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) 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
RAND PAUL: “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 Democratic Party. And if we don’t resist this, the United States is going to become Portland.” – FOX NEWS
— Josh Caplan (@joshdcaplan) August 28, 2020
.@RandPaul ‘There’s something going on…there’s interstate criminal traffic being paid for across state lines…At least some of the people who attacked us were not from DC. They flew here in a plane, they’ve got fresh new clothes & were paid to be here.’https://t.co/RLJmCjAcyc pic.twitter.com/gEthwekDnq
— johnny dollar (@johnnydollar01) August 28, 2020
Joe Biden’s America. https://t.co/xRkgz0bp2d
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) August 28, 2020
On Fox & Friends, Sen. Rand Paul says — with no evidence — that he believes the protesters who surrounded him were outside agitators "hired" and "paid" to attack him and "be anarchists." pic.twitter.com/pBQYtZL13N
— Bobby Lewis (@revrrlewis) August 28, 2020