BLM Protesters Accost Black Civil Rights Activist Vernon Jones
Rand Paul calls for FBI arrests, investigation into 'mob' he believes 'would have killed us,' if not for police
The video showing protesters accost Jones, comes shortly after he spoke at the convention on Monday, criticizing the Democratic party, despite being a Democrat himself.
"As you can see, I'm a man of color, and I'm a lifelong Democrat, too. You may be wondering, why is a lifelong Democrat speaking at the Republican National Convention? And that's a fair question. And here's your answer," Jones said during his speech on Monday. "The Democratic Party does not want Black people to leave their mental plantation. We've been forced to be there for decades and generations, but I have news for Joe Biden. We are free. We are free people with free minds. And I'm part of a large and growing segment of the Black community who are independent thinkers, and we believe that Donald Trump is the president that America needs to lead us forward."
Jones also wrote an op-ed published by CNN, following his speech, explaining why he "walked away from the Democrats to support President Trump."
"The purpose of my speech was to serve as a culture shock, helping others break free of the groupthink-shackles placed on us by White liberals. Black Americans like me are free people with free minds," Jones wrote.....More
Rand Paul calls for FBI arrests, investigation into 'mob' he believes 'would have killed us,' if not for police
"It was horrific," the Republican senator -- who had part of his lung removed due to a complication from the 2017 assault by his neighbor -- told host Steve Doocy of the "unhinged" mob that continued to get bigger and bigger.
"They're attempting to push the police over to get to me, so at one point they push a policeman backwards, he stumbles and he's trying to catch his balance and I catch the back of his flak jacket to stabilize him to make sure he's OK because he's our defense," Paul explained. "If he's down, the mob's loose on us."
If not for the police, Paul said he could've been killed or recovering in the hospital, adding that people followed him into the hotel.
"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.
Paul said he's authored 22 criminal justice reforms with President Trump and former President Barack Obama, but the demonstrators were still yelling: "We're not going to let you go alive unless you'll say you're for criminal justice reform."
The Pauls were unharmed, but the senator is still calling on the FBI to make arrests and conduct an investigation into the "interstate criminal traffic being paid for across state lines" because people have already been killed in other cities.
"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, D.C., and are sort of paid to be anarchists," he said. "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."
"They were inciting a riot and they would have killed us had the police not been there," the senator added.
He slammed the Democratic presidential ticket for violence in Democrat-run cities......More