>> [RIOTING AND CHANTING ]
STEVE: YOU CAN TELL THAT MAN
BEHIND THE MASK IS RAND PAUL, A
BUNCH OF PROTESTERS DESCENDING
ON THE KENTUCKY SENATOR AND HIS
WIFE KELLY AS THEY LEFT THE
PRESIDENT’S RNC SPEECH FROM
THE WHITE HOUSE.
ACTUALLY IT WAS A LONGER TRIP
THAN THAT HE JOINS US RIGHT NOW
FOR HIS FIRST LIVE INTERVIEW
SINCE THAT CONFRONTATION.
SENATOR GOOD MORNING.
THAT LOOKS SCARY.
>> YEAH, YOU KNOW, MY WIFE AND
I IT WAS HORRIFIC AND WE HAD TWO
WOMEN WITH US WHO WERE FRIENDS
OF OURS.
WE CAME OUT OF THE SPEECH.
STEVE: AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
>> AND WE LOOKED INTO THE
STREET.
OUR HOTEL WAS RIGHT ACROSS THE
STREET FROM THE WHITE HOUSE
BUT HE COULDN’T GO BECAUSE THE
MOB WAS ALREADY CHASING
PEOPLE DOWN THAT CHOSE TO GO OUT
THAT EXIT SO THE SECRET SERVICE
SAYS GET ON A BUS AND RIDE TO
THE TRUMP HOTEL.
SO WE GOT ON A BUS AND IT TOOK
45 MINUTES TO GET THROUGH ALL
THE MOBS AND WE GET THERE SAFELY
AND WE SAY WE’LL GET AN UBER TO
GO BACK WHERE WE CAME FROM AND
WE WANTED TO BE DROPPED OFF AT
THE HOTEL BUT A WE GOT CLOSE TO
IT THE STREETS WERE BLOCKED AND
NO ONE WOULD LET US THROUGH AND
WHAT HAPPENED IS THERE WAS TWO
BLOCKS AND I REGRET I MADE THIS
DECISION BUT I SAID WE’LL
WALK THE TWO BLOCKS.
WE WALKED ONE BLOCK, BUT AS WE
WALKED ONE BLOCK, WE COULD SEE
POLICE IN THE DISTANCE, BUT
WE ALSO SAW A MOB OF ABOUT 30
PEOPLE MARCHING AND YELLING.
THEY ALL OF A SUDDEN SAW ME,
RIGHT AS WE GOT TO THE POLICE,
UNFORTUNATELY, I DON’T THINK WE
WOULD HAVE SURVIVED WE GOT TO
THE POLICEMAN, AND I DON’T THINK
RECOGNIZED ME AND AS THEY CAME
CLOSER THEY WERE SHOUTING MY
NAME AND THE CROWD DOUBLED TO 60
AND THEN IT DOUBLED AGAIN TO 120
, AND AS THEY WERE SURROUND
ING US AND IT GOT CLOSER
AND CLOSER AND EVERYBODY KEPT
PUSHING BACK THE POLICEMEN WERE
FORMING A BARRICADE WITH THEIR
BODIES AND I WISPERED, THEY KNOW
WHO I AM YOU’VE GOT TO GET
REINFORCEMENT IT’S GOING TO
GET WORSE.
HE CALLED FOR REINFORCEMENT BUT
WE DIDN’T GET ANY, WE WAITED,
BUT THE CROWD WAS GETTING BIGGER
AND BIGGER AND PUSHING IN.
THEY WERE YELLING THREATS.
THEY WERE TRYING TO PUSH THE
POLICE OVER TO GET TO ME.
THEY WERE GRABBING AT US, AND IT
GOT WORSE AND WORSE AND WORSE,
AND FINALLY, WE DECIDED TO MAKE
A MOVE.
I SAID WE’VE GOT TO MOVE.
THERE’S NOT REINFORCEMENT WE
HAVE TO TRY TO GET TO THE HOTEL
WHICH WAS ANOTHER BLOCK AND THEY
WERE SHOUTING THREATS TO US, TO
KILL US, TO HURT US, BUT ALSO
THREATS SAYING SHOUT, SHOUTING "
SAY HER NAME", AND IT’S LIKE
YOU COULDN’T REASON WITH THIS
BUT I’M ACTUALLY THE AUTHOR
OF THE TAYLOR LAW TO END NO
KNOCK RAIDS SO THE IRONY IS LOST
ON THESE IDIOTS THEY ARE TRYING
TO KILL THE PERSON ACTUALLY
TRYING TO GET RID OF NO KNOCK
RAIDS AND THEY WERE SHOUTING AND
SCREAMING AND REALLY THESE
PEOPLE WERE UN HINGED, BUT I
CAN’T TELL YOU HOW I’M NOT SURE
WE WOULD HAVE MADE IT SO AS
WE’RE WALKING SORT OF
SURROUNDED BY THE POLICE,
THEY’RE ATTEMPTING 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
HIM TO STABILIZE HIM TO MAKE
SURE HE’S OKAY BECAUSE HE’S OUR
DEFEND.
IF HE’S DOWN THE MOB IS LOOSE ON
US, AND YOU’VE SEEN THE PICTURES
OF WHAT THEY DO TO YOU.
IF THE POLICE ARE NOT THERE, IF
YOU DEFUND THE POLICE, IF WE
BECOME PORTLAND, IF AMERICA
BECOMES PORTLAND, WHAT’S GOING
TO HAPPEN IS PEOPLE ARE GOING TO
BE PUMMELED AND KICKED IN THE
HEAD AND LEFT SENSELESS ON
THE CURB.
THAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED TO US I
PROMISE YOU HAD WE NOT HAD THE
D.C. POLICE TO SUPPORT US,
WE ARE THANKFUL WE HAVE POLICE,
AND WE’VE GOT TO WAKE UP.
WE CAN’T HAVE THE WHOLE COUNTRY.
WE CAN’T HAVE JOE BIDEN RULE THE
COUNTRY AND HAVE NO POLICE.
I MEAN, WE CAN’T WALK DOWN THE
STREET IN D.C. SAFELY NOW.
THAT’S HOW BAD IT IS.
STEVE: I SAW ONE POLICE OFFICER
WAS ACTUALLY USING HIS BICYCLE
TO TRY TO KEEP THE CROWD BACK.
HE FELL INTO YOU, YOU ALMOST
STUMBLED AND FELL DOWN.
YOU AND YOUR WIFE ARE BOTH OKAY,
RIGHT?
>> WE ARE.
WE WERE UNHARMED, BUT YOU KNOW
IT’S STILL GOING ON THIS MORNING
THERE’S STILL MOBS IN THE STREET
BLOCKING THE STREETS, AND I KNOW
IT SOUNDS LIKE OVER-THE-TOP TO
SAY THAT PEOPLE FROM OUT OF TOWN
, BUT I THINK WE’RE GOING TO
FIND OUT THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE
HIRED AND FROM OUT OF TOWN
SPECIFICALLY IN OUR CASE, I
BELIEVE THEY 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.
THIS IS DISTURBING BECAUSE
REALLY, IF YOU’RE INCITING A
RIOT THAT’S A CRIME BUT IF
YOU’RE PAYING SOMEONE TO INSIGHT
A RIOT THAT PERSON NEEDS TO GO
TO JAIL AS WELL, BUT WE CAN’T
LIVE THIS WAY.
IT’S GETTING WORSE AND WORSE.
I LIKE BEING FREE TO BE ABLE TO
WALK OUT AND GO FOR A WALK IN
THE PARK.
WE CANNOT GO OUTSIDE NOW.
ITS 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 DEMOCRAT PARTY,
AND IF WE DON’T RESIST THIS ,
UNITED STATES IS GOING TO BECOME
PORTLAND.
WE’RE GOING TO BECOME CHICAGO.
ALL OF THESE FAILED CITIES
DEMOCRATS HAVE RUN THE PRESIDENT
SAID IN HIS SPEECH.
IF WE ALLOW THEM TO TAKE OVER
THE WHITE HOUSE, WE ARE GOING TO
BECOME PORTLAND, THE COUNTRY
WILL BE ON FIRE, WE HAVE TO HAVE
LAW AND ORDER AND WE HAVE TO
SUPPORT THE POLICE.
I CAN’T SAY THAT STRONG ENOUGH.
STEVE: SENATOR SOME OF THE PAPER
S TODAY ARE REPORTING
THAT WHAT WAS BEING YELLED AT
YOU WAS AS YOU SAID "SAY HER
NAME", BRIANNA TAYLOR, YOU KNOW,
YOU SAID THERE WERE OBSCENITIES.
I WOULD NOT LIKE YOU TO REPEAT
THOSE BUT YOU SAID THERE WERE
THREATS?
TELL US WHAT THE THREATS WERE.
>> WELL THE THREATS WERE TO F
YOU UP, YOU KNOW, TO KILL
YOU.
THE THREATS WERE IF THEY COULD
GET A HOLD OF YOU AND 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, YOU’VE SEEN THE
PICTURES.
MOST OF THE NETWORKS WILL NOT
SHOW THE PICTURES OF THIS.
THIS IS HAPPENING IN ALL OF OUR
CITIES AND ITS GOT TO STOP AND
THANK GOD FOR THE POLICE.
HAD WE NOT GOTTEN TO THE POLICE,
I TRULY LEAVE THAT THE POLICE
SAVED OUR LIVES AND WE WOULD NOT
BE HERE TODAY OR WE’D BE IN A
HOSPITAL TODAY HAD THE POLICE
NOT BEEN THERE AND I’D LIKE TO
THANK THEM, IF THEY’RE WATCHING
THIS.
WE THANKED THEM LAST NIGHT BUT
IT WAS STILL, THEY WERE TRYING
TO GET PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, AWAY
FROM US EVEN IN THE HOTEL.
PEOPLE WERE FOLLOWING US INTO
THE HOTEL.
STEVE: LET ME ASK YOU THIS AS AN
EXIT QUESTION.
GIVEN THE FACT THAT YOU SAID
THESE PEOPLE ARE STILL ON THE
STREETS, PROTESTERS ARE
STILL ON THE STREETS, AND WE
HEARD FROM GRIFF JENKINS ABOUT
HALF AN HOUR AGO APPARENTLY A
NUMBER OF BUSINESSES IN
WASHINGTON D.C. ARE BOARDED UP,
BECAUSE THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT
TROUBLE GOING FORWARD.
DOES A PROMINENT REPUBLICAN,
LIKE YOURSELF, SOMEBODY WHOSE
VERY RECOGNIZABLE, NEED TO HAVE
SECURITY TO SIMPLY WALK IN THE
STREETS OF WASHINGTON D.C.
OR MAJOR CITIES IN AMERICA?
>> PROBABLY, YES, FROM NOW ON.
I DON’T FEEL IT AT HOME.
AT HOME, PEOPLE ARE SO FRIENDLY.
I CAN GO TO THE GROCERY STORE
AND I WANT TO LIVE, YOU KNOW,
THE LIFE OF A NORMAL PERSON
WHERE I GO TO THE GROCERY STORE
AND BUY GROCERIES OR STOP AT
THE MINUTE MART AND AT HOME I DO
FEEL THAT, BUT THIS ALSO ISN’T
NORMAL.
THERE’S SOMETHING GOING ON HERE.
THIS IS LIKE THE FBI NEEDS
INVOLVED.
STEVE: WHAT DO YOU MEAN,
SOMETHINGS GOING ON, SENATOR?
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
YOU’VE GOT A FEELING TELL US
WHAT YOU THINK.
>> MY FEELING IS THAT THERE IS
INTERSTATE CRIMINAL TRAFFIC
BEING PAID FOR ACROSS STATE
LINES, BUT YOU WON’T KNOW IT
UNLESS YOU ARREST THEM.
OTHERWISE YOU JUST THINK OH,
THESE ARE SOME NORMAL HOODLUMS
FROM A BIG CITY.
I PROMISE YOU THAT AT LEAST SOME
OF THE MEMBERS AND THE PEOPLE
WHO ATTACKED US WERE NOT FROM
D.C., THEY FLEW HERE ON A PLANE
WITH FRESH, NEW CLOTHES AND THEY
WERE PAID TO BE HERE.
IT IS A CRIME TO DO THAT AND IT
NEEDS TO BE TRACED.
THE FBI NEEDS TO INVESTIGATE BUT
THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN DO IT IS
YOU HAVE TO ARREST PEOPLE AND
USUALLY WE SAY OH, WELL YOU
DIDN’T GET HURT SO WE’RE NOT
GOING TO ARREST THEM.
THEY WERE INCITING A RIOT AND
THEY WOULD HAVE KILLED US HAD
THE POLICE NOT BEEN THERE.
THEY ALL NEED TO BE ARRESTED AN
I’M NOT SAYING FOREVER BUT
ARRESTED, QUESTIONED AND SAY
WHERE ARE YOU STAYING, AND THE
BILLS NEED TO BE SUBPOENAED
BY A JUDGE TO SAY WHO PAID FOR
YOUR BILL, HOW DID YOU GET
HERE ON A PLANE, AND STAYING
IN A FANCY HOTEL, AND YET YOU’RE
ACTING LIKE A CRIMINAL.
SOMETHINGS GOING ON HERE, AND
IT’S MUCH BIGGER THAN PEOPLE
THINK, BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE
CAN’T LET THE UNITED STATES
BECOME PORTLAND AND THAT’S WHAT
MY FEAR IS, THAT THE UNITED
STATES IS GOING TO BE ON FIRE IF
WE HAVE NO POLICE, AND LOOK,
I’VE BEEN FOR REFORM.
I’VE AUTHORED 22 CRIMINAL
JUSTICE REFORMS THEY WERE YELL
ING AT ME.
WE’RE NOT GOING TO LET YOU GO
ALIVE UNLESS YOU’LL SAY YOU’RE
FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM AND
I’M LIKE YOU IDIOT.
YOU ARE SO DENSE THAT YOU HAVE
NO IDEA THAT I’VE BEEN A LEADING
ADVOCATE FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE
REFORM, WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA,
WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP AND YOU’RE
GOING TO TRY TO KILL ME AND I’VE
BEEN TRYING TO HELP THE PROBLEMS
SO THIS IS WHAT’S SAD BUT IT’S
SUCH LAWLESSNESS IF WE HAVE THIS
KIND OF LAWLESSNESS, I
WOULD SAY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO
GET KILLED.
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED.
YOU KNOW, THE FORMER POLICE
CHIEF STORY WAS SO SORROWFUL TO
LISTEN TO HIS WIFE THAT WAS
KILLED IN ST. LOUIS.
THE LITTLE GIRL, EIGHT YEARS OLD
, WAS SHOT IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE DAY IN ATLANTA BECAUSE THEY
TOOK A WRONG TURN, BUT THEY HAD
LET THE MOB TAKE OVER A STREET
CORNER, ARMED.
WE CAN’T LET OUR CITIES BE TAKEN
OVER BY THESE THUGS.
STEVE: WE’RE GLAD YOU ARE SAFE.
YOU AND YOUR WIFE KELLY, AND WE
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING
ON TO TELL US YOUR STORY.
LET’S SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.
LET’S SEE IF THERE IS SOME SORT
OF AN INVESTIGATION OR IF IT