IT IS TRULY A MIRACLE THAT IT
WAS NOT WORSE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> SENATOR RAND PAUL RECOVERING
AFTER UNDERGOING SURGERY AFTER
HAVING HIS HEART AND LUNG
REMOVED.
ALL THESE COMPLICATIONS WHEN HE
WAS ATTACKED BY HIS NEIGHBOR IN
2017.
>> THE SURGERY LESS THEN TWO
WEEKS AGO, THEY JOIN US SINCE
THE FIRST INTERVIEW SINCE THE
OPERATION.
RAND PAUL AND KELLY PAUL.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING US.
LET'S START WITH YOU.
TELL US ABOUT THE SURGERY.
WHY DID YOU HAVE TO HAVE IT
DONE?
>> I HOPE I CAN GET THIS BEHIND
ME BUT I HAVE BEEN GETTING
BETTER FOR A LONG TIME BUT I HAD
WORSENING PULMONARY SYMPTOMS AND
THE X-RAYS AND CAT SCAN SHOWING
THE DAMAGED AREA OF THE LUNGS
AND A LARGER FASHION.
THE DECISION WAS MADE THE ONLY
WAY TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT
TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS THAT
FIX IT, AND A DAMAGED PART OF
THE LUNGS THAT WASN'T GETTING
AIR AND NOT GETTING GOOD
CIRCULATION.
SOMETIMES ANTIBIOTICS DON'T WORK
FOR THAT.
MY HOPE IS IT IS SECURE TO HAVE
THAT PART OF THE LUNG MOVED.
>> IT IS HARDER ON THE
CARETAKER.
WHAT HAS IT BEEN LIKE FOR YOU?
YOU'VE BEEN GOING THIS FOR A
LONG TIME.
>> KEEP HOPING TO PUT IT BEHIND
US, VERY SCARY AGAIN FOR ME TO
SEE RAND DEVELOPING MORE
SYMPTOMS THIS SUMMER.
WHEN THE SURGEON WALKED OUT AND
SAID THEY DID A RETRO SECTION,
AND THE LONGER SURGERY WE WERE
WORRIED ABOUT, WE WERE GRATEFUL
THAT HE IS GOING TO BE FINE AND
ABLE TO MOVE ON FROM THIS BUT IT
HAS BEEN REALLY HARD.
>> WHAT DOES RECOVERY MEAN?
>> TRYING TO OVERCOME THE PAIN
INITIALLY AND GET MY BREATHING
BACK TO NORMAL.
I'M AN AVID EXERCISER.
I WALK AROUND LIFE EVERY DAY OF
THE WEEK IN WASHINGTON AND AT
HOME.
IT IS JUST A MATTER OF
OVERCOMING BEYOND THIS AND WE DO
IT FOR TWO YEARS NOW.
ONE OF THE DISTURBING THINGS IS
TO SEE THERE IS SO MUCH HATRED.
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ON TWITTER
SWARMING TO WISH ME THAT I WOULD
EITHER DIED OR SOMEONE WOULD
ASSAULT ME AGAIN.
I AM PERPLEXED THIS IS A
RIGHT-WING PHENOMENON BUT I SEE
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ON TWITTER,
THIS LEFT-WING MOB WISHING I
WERE DEAD.
WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?
>> I KNOW YOUR NEIGHBOR WHO
ATTACKED YOU PLEADED GUILTY TO A
FEDERAL CHARGE OF ASSAULTING A
MEMBER OF CONGRESS.
FEDERAL PROSECUTORS APPEALING
THAT, ONE YEAR SUPERVISED
RELIEF, 100 HOURS OF COMMUNITY
SERVICE.
HIS CLIENT LOST HIS TEMPER OVER
YARD TRIMMINGS BUT YOUR OFFICE,
HE WAS VERY ANTI-TRUMP, DID NOT
LIKE THE PRESIDENT, DID NOT LIKE
YOU.
>> THIS IS THE NARRATIVE THE
LEFT IS BRINGING TO US.
EVERYTHING IS DONALD TRUMP'S
FALL.
ON THE RHETORIC, ALL VIOLENCE
AND THE WHOLE WORLD IS DONALD
TRUMP'S FAULT AND YET THE MAN
WHO ATTACKED ME WAS KNOWN ON THE
INTERNET AND SOCIAL MEDIA
POSTINGS WERE VIOLENCE, TALKED
ABOUT DOING VIOLENCE TO THE
PRESIDENT.
THAT IS COMPLETELY IGNORED, THE
MEDIA WANTED TO DEVELOP A
NARRATIVE, AN ALTERCATION OR
FIGHT.
THERE WAS NO FIGHT.
I HAD MY BACK TURNED, AND HAD MY
RADIO BROKEN BEFORE I SAW THE
ATTACKER UNTIL AFTER THE ATTACK
WAS OVER.
PEOPLE WANT TO MAKE IT OUT AS A
LITTLE DISPUTE BUT A LOT OF THAT
CAME FROM THE OTHER SIDE TRYING
TO GET A LESSER SENTENCE.
THEY WANTED TO DOWNPLAY WHAT IT
WAS.
IN REALITY VIOLENCE WAS
COMPLICATED.
I WAS VERY SEVERELY INJURED
SUFFERING FROM IT TWO YEARS
LATER.
>> WE WERE DISTURBED THAT MANY
IN THE MEDIA CONTINUE TO TAKE
HIS LAWYER'S WORD FOR IT WHEN
THE ATTACKER ADMITTED IN COURT
THAT HE HASN'T SPOKEN TO RANDY
TEN YEARS.
WE NEVER HAD ANY DISPUTE FOR
THEM.
I WAIT WHEN I SAW HIM
OCCASIONALLY IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE HAD NO IDEA THIS PERSON ANY
ANIMUS TOWARD US AT ALL.
>> DOES HE STILL LIVE NEXT DOOR?
>> HE SOLD HIS HOUSE.
>> HE WAS SENTENCED TO 30 DAYS
IN PRISON.
FEDERAL PROSECUTORS ARE FEELING
IT.
IS 30 DAYS IN PRISON ENOUGH FOR
ASSAULTING A MEMBER OF CONGRESS?
>> IT IS NOT ENOUGH OR INSULTING
ANYBODY.
IT SHOULD APPLY, TRIED HERE
LOCALLY.
THEY ARE USED TO DEALING WITH
VIOLENT PEOPLE, PEOPLE OFTEN
THAT SEVERAL YEARS IN PRISON FOR
THIS.
RECENTLY A DEMOCRAT STAFFER
BROKE INTO OFFICES IN THE SENATE
AND GOT MY NAME OR, LAPSE NAME
AND RELEASED IT TO THE PUBLIC
AND ENCOURAGED VIOLENCE AGAINST
US, BREAKING AND ENTERING AND
ENCOURAGING VIOLENCE BUT DIDN'T
COMMIT VIOLENCE, GOT FOUR YEARS
IN PRISON.
30 DAYS IS WHAT YOU GIVE A
SHOPLIFTING PERSON OR A VERY
MINOR CRIME.
THIS GUY WAS FROM OUT OF STATE
AND FROM THE RUMORS ON THE
COURTHOUSE PREDECIDED THIS
BEFORE THAT.
>> THE CASE AGAINST SOCIALISM IS
AVAILABLE IN OCTOBER,
OCTOBER 15TH TO BE EXACT AND IN
THAT BOOK YOU SAY SOCIALISM
BEGETS VIOLENCE.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?
>> THE CASE AGAINST SOCIALISM.
WE HAVE NEARLY 50% OF AMERICA'S
YOUTH SAYING SOCIALISM MIGHT BE
A GOOD THING, HALF OF THE
DEMOCRAT SAYING IT.
I GREW UP AS A KID IN THE 70s IN
THE LEFT HAS SAID THEY ARE
TRYING TO A FEW OF THE FACT THEY
WERE EMBARRASSED, THEY WOULD
NEVER USE THE WORD, NOW THEY ARE
GLEEFULLY AND SAYING THEY ARE
SOCIALISTS.
I WANT TO CHECK OUT THE PROBLEMS
OF SOCIALISM SO WE POINT OUT THE
PROBLEMS IN THE 20TH CENTURY,
THE GENOCIDE.
AND THEIR NIRVANA WHICH IS
SWEDEN AND SCANDINAVIA.
REALLY SOCIALIST AND AN EXAMPLE
MORE OF LOWER TAXES AND LESS
REGULATION THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
>> WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT IN
OCTOBER.
SENATOR KELLY WOULD LIKE TO KNOW
WHEN YOU ARE GOING BACK TO WORK.
>> I HAVE BEEN TELLING PEOPLE HE
STARTED TO GET BORED SO THAT IS
A GOOD SIGN.
HE DID GO TO A CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE YESTERDAY, HIS SURGEON
SAID HE CAN'T FLY FOR 3 WEEKS
BUT HE HAS CHANGED A LOT OF HIS
IN-STATE TRAVEL TO DRIVING AND
IS COMING BACK.
I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE HIM
FEELING SO MUCH BETTER.
>> WITH GREAT MARRIAGE, BUT WE
HAVE BEEN AROUND EACH OTHER 24
HOURS A DAY FOR THE LAST 14 DAYS
SO WE ARE BOTH KIND OF LOOKING