Kelley Paul says DC violence of Trump supporters ‘brings back awful memories,’ calls out ‘media bias’
Kelley Paul, spouse of Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., weighed in on the violence that occurred over the weekend towards Trump supporters and mentioned what she noticed “brings back awful memories” that she and her husband experienced during the Republican National Convention.
More than 20 individuals had been arrested amid violent clashes between supporters of President Trump and counterprotesters following the “Million MAGA March” within the nation’s capital on Saturday.
Several movies that circulated on Twitter over the weekend present anti-Trump demonstrators shouting at households, sucker-punching individuals on the street, and harassing an aged girl carrying a Trump flag.
Others had been doused with liquid substances and hit with eggs.
Videos additionally present counterprotesters marching within the streets and tossing what seemed to be fireworks into an out of doors seating space of a restaurant whereas diners had been seated.
On Saturday night time, Kelley Paul took to Twitter and reacted to what she was seeing going down on the nation’s capital.
“Watching video of people being assaulted and mobbed by BLM / Antifa in DC tonight brings back awful memories,” she wrote. “Want an example of media bias? When @RandPaul and I spoke out about our mob assault, the @AP reported our claim was ‘without evidence’ despite 10 minutes of video.”
She was referring to the harassment she and her husband confronted after leaving the White House on the ultimate night time of the GOP conference back in August.
At the time, The Associated Press ran the headline “Sen. Paul complains about ‘angry mob’ encounter after RNC,” and started its report with “Sen. Rand Paul, who was surrounded by screaming protesters when he and his wife left President Trump’s Republican National Convention speech at the White House, claimed without evidence on Friday that he had been ‘attacked by an angry mob’ of the type that would be unleashed in Joe Biden’s America.”
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Following the hostile altercation, Kelley Paul known as out Politico for showing to downplay the incident by saying “Protesters confront Rand Paul outside White House after RNC.”
“No @politico, we were not ‘confronted’ by protestors. We were circled by a hateful mob shouting vile expletives, preventing us from moving,” Paul tweeted.
Senator Paul’s workplace didn’t instantly reply to Fox News’ request for remark.
Fox News’ Stephen Sorace contributed to this report.
