Rand Paul confronted by Black Lives Matter protesters after RNC
Paul was walking to the Hotel Washington with his wife when a crowd descended upon him while shouting “Say Her Name” and “Breonna Taylor.”
The senator from Kentucky — where Taylor was fatally shot and killed by police — was being escorted by D.C.’s Metropolitan Police.
In one of the videos, a protester pushes a Metro DC police officer who trips and brushes into Paul.
The officer briefly stumbles and regains his footing.
A woman can be heard shouting at Paul: “Her name is Breonna Taylor!”
“Just got attacked by an angry mob of over 100, one block away from the White House,” Paul said in a tweet.
“Thank you to @DCPoliceDept for literally saving our lives from a crazed mob.”
The senator and his wife did not appear to be injured.