(Reuters) – U.S. Senator Rand Paul said on Friday that he was attacked by what he described as an “angry mob” of more than 100 people near the White House and had to be rescued by the police.
“Just got attacked by an angry mob of over 100, one block away from the White House. Thank you to DC Police Dept for literally saving our lives from a crazed mob,” the senator wrote on twitter https://twitter.com/RandPaul/status/1299219937517613056.
(Reporting by Ann Maria Shibu in Bengaluru; Editing by Alex Richardson)