Ken Buck doubles down on Rand Paul's call for investigation into funding of violent protests

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ken-buck-and-rand-paul-call-for-
investigation-into-funding-of-violent-protests

Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo., on Sunday called for a Department of Justice (DOJ) 
investigation into the funding of recent violent protests that have sprung 
up across the country, echoing statements made by Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., 
who was recently attacked while with his wife during the Republican 
National Convention.

"The Justice Department needs to open an investigation into who is funding 
these violent riots," Buck tweeted.

Buck had first addressed the issue after Paul and his wife Kelley were 
accosted while returning from the RNC, on the way back to their hotel.

"If the Tea Party threatened a Democratic Senator and assaulted police 
officers like this, it would be leading CNN," the Colorado Republican 
wrote on Friday. "Every conservative politician would be asked to condemn 
it. Where is the outrage?"

Paul commented on the issue in an opinion piece for Fox News published on 
Saturday.

He revealed some of the protesters were actually staying in the same hotel 
-- and on the same floor -- as he and his wife. Some were even as close as 
the next room.

"They were talking about their mob activities and even saying they thought 
we were here on this floor," Paul wrote. "We had to develop a 3 a.m. plan 
with Capitol Police to get to safety."

"My question is: Who are these people?," he continued. "Who paid for their 
hotel rooms? Who flew them in? Law enforcement needs to look at the 
funding of violent criminal activity like this. And national Democrats 
need to confront it. It’s organized. It’s paid for. It’s violent. It’s not 
about Black lives or any lives; it’s about anarchy and destruction."

The GOP senator added, "The American people are starting to catch on and 
grow tired of it. So I ask Democratic presidential nominee former Vice 
President Joe Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris this: Will you 
stand up finally and denounce this violence and destruction? Will you quit 
inciting it and urge other leaders to do the same?"

Paul's wife also penned an op-ed -- for the Washington Examiner -- 
describing the events as the basis for "a terrifying dystopian novel."

"The mob swarmed me and my husband, Sen. Rand Paul, in a tight circle, 
screaming expletives, threats, and shouting, 'Say her name,'" Kelley 
wrote. "We rushed up to two police officers, and I believe that is the 
only thing that kept us from being knocked to the ground. Even pressed 
against the officers, we were greatly outnumbered."

She then accused The Associated Press of misrepresenting her husband's 
account of the attack and said it was absurd of the media outlet to say 
Paul lacked evidence or proof, to back up his story.

"The Associated Press is reporting that Rand used the word 'attack' to 
describe our ordeal 'without evidence,'" Kelley added, "This is disgusting 
and utter proof of their bias. When you are surrounded by throngs of 
people screaming in your face and preventing you from getting away, that 
is an attack."



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