The investigation continues into the attack on Sen. Rand Paul. The assault left the Kentucky Republican with several fractured ribs and a bruised lung. The newest CNN report says that Paul and his neighbor hadn’t spoken in years but also hints that Paul might share in the blame for the assault that left him injured:
The mystery deepens surrounding Sen. Rand Paul's injury https://t.co/138Kfc7ScK pic.twitter.com/zRloUjNuU6
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) November 9, 2017
Some neighbors find the landscaping dispute explanation inconceivable. Others say both men have confrontational tendencies. Meanwhile, how many of you haven’t talked to your neighbor in “many years." https://t.co/hucIfA2dDt
— Maeve Reston (@MaeveReston) November 9, 2017
Interesting spin, CNN:
Rand Paul was violently attacked in a reported politically motivated assault and this is CNN's angle (and how much of the legacy media has been reporting it) https://t.co/BNLYTH6c8y
— Jordan Schachtel (@JordanSchachtel) November 9, 2017
It’s confusing because CNN’s reported both that Rand Paul hadn’t talked to his neighbor for years, and also that Paul’s been feuding with him for years. Here they are in shot/chaser form:
Rand Paul and his neighbor haven't talked in years https://t.co/MAsZmWiBr4 pic.twitter.com/1SH465lAkQ
— The Situation Room (@CNNSitRoom) November 9, 2017
Rand Paul and neighbor have been sparring over yard waste and leaves blown on each other's lawns for years, a neighbor tells @DrewGriffinCNN
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) November 6, 2017
So which one’s the apple and which is the banana?
"Both men have confrontational tendencies" is the new, "Why was she wearing those clothes? She was asking for it." https://t.co/72D4lydFLc
— Fishing With Fredo (@FishingwFredo) November 10, 2017
Keep casting aspersions on the victim of a brutal assault. Just don't tweet like this then say you don't understand why no one trusts the media.
— Nicolas Tomboulides (@Tomboulides) November 9, 2017
CNN throwing all that at the wall to see what sticks doesn’t exactly live up to their new “Facts First” slogan.
Rand Paul was violently attacked in a reported politically motivated assault and this is CNN's angle (and how much of the legacy media has been reporting it) https://t.co/BNLYTH6c8y
— Jordan Schachtel (@JordanSchachtel) November 9, 2017
It doesn't matter if you talk to your neighbours or not. It's whether you attack your neighbours. I rarely talk to mine, but never attack them
— Su (@smithjosephy) November 9, 2017
There’s one neighbor I haven’t spoken to in many years. Because she’s a bitch. But I wouldn’t tackle her from behind.
That’s what crazy (in this case, politically motivated) people do, not “neighbors you haven’t talked to in years.”— Guzifer (@Guzifer007) November 9, 2017
Other than greetings in passing, I haven't "talked to" many of my "neighbors" in years.
— Karla (@KSinCFL) November 9, 2017
I lived in a 40-story Manhattan apartment building for 7 years and could not tell you the name of one other resident. https://t.co/EebaGXzKF7
— Upstate Federalist (@upstatefederlst) November 9, 2017
This is just reaching so far to report the story u want to report rather than the truth that I almost can't believe it's real.
— Mo (@MartitaO) November 10, 2017
Wow, you guys just can't stop, his neighbors came forward to say Rand Paul was an excellent neighbor but you call the victim confrontational? Nope you are not showing any bias. #CNNisHateful
— Teresa_MAGA (@twisted147) November 9, 2017
An adviser to Sen. Paul shredded the “long-running confrontation over landscaping” reports:
This is a ??? new stmt on @RandPaul’s assault: “This was not a fight, it was a blindside, violent attack by a disturbed person. Anyone claiming otherwise is simply uninformed or seeking media attention." pic.twitter.com/gDIzT5fRY7
— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) November 9, 2017
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