{"id":337,"date":"2023-03-27T18:27:09","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T00:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freelyinformed.com\/blog\/?p=337"},"modified":"2023-03-27T18:27:10","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T00:27:10","slug":"staffer-for-gop-sen-rand-paul-stabbed-in-washington-in-broad-daylight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freelyinformed.com\/blog\/staffer-for-gop-sen-rand-paul-stabbed-in-washington-in-broad-daylight\/","title":{"rendered":"Staffer for GOP Sen. Rand Paul Stabbed in Washington in Broad Daylight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>GOP Sen. Rand Paul has confirmed tonight that one of his staffers was brutally stabbed multiple times over the weekend in Washington D.C. in broad daylight. The staffer is reportedly in serious condition. No motive for the stabbing has been revealed. A suspect is reportedly in custody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>The office of Republican Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul confirmed Monday that a member of his staff was &#8220;brutally attacked&#8221; on the streets of Washington, D.C over the weekend.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;This past weekend a member of my staff was brutally attacked in broad daylight in Washington, D.C.,&#8221; Paul said in a statement. &#8220;I ask you to join Kelley and me in praying for a speedy and complete recovery, and thanking the first responders, hospital staff, and police for their diligent actions.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;We are relieved to hear the suspect has been arrested. At this time we would ask for privacy so everyone can focus on healing and recovery,&#8221; he added. . . . <\/em><\/p>\n<cite><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/kentucky-senator-rand-paul-staff-member-brutally-attacked-life-threatening-injuries?intcmp=tw_pols\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FOX NEWS<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rand Paul Staffer Stabbed In DC, Suspect In Custody<br><br>Read more here for \u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DailyCaller?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DailyCaller<\/a>\u2069:  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uA5qzDeYa1\">https:\/\/t.co\/uA5qzDeYa1<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Henry Rodgers (@henryrodgersdc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/henryrodgersdc\/status\/1640504770958962690?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: A staffer for Senator Rand Paul was stabbed &quot;in broad daylight&quot; in Washington D.C. this weekend. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Q5OilCrrGI\">pic.twitter.com\/Q5OilCrrGI<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Ben Kew (@ben_kew) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ben_kew\/status\/1640497375750782978?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 27, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GOP Sen. Rand Paul has confirmed tonight that one of his staffers was brutally stabbed multiple times over the weekend in Washington D.C. in broad daylight. The staffer is reportedly in serious condition. No motive for the stabbing has been revealed. A suspect is reportedly in custody. The office of Republican Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16,69,70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crime","category-rand-paul","category-washington-d-c"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freelyinformed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freelyinformed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freelyinformed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freelyinformed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freelyinformed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=337"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/freelyinformed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":338,"href":"https:\/\/freelyinformed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337\/revisions\/338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freelyinformed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freelyinformed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freelyinformed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}