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MSNBC Reporter: Rand Paul Being Beaten Up Is 'One Of My Favorite Stories'
Townhall.com ^ | November 20, 2017 | Matt Vespa

Posted on 11/20/2017 8:22:34 PM PST by Kaslin

Well, this was a rather awkward moment. NBC reporter Kasie Hunt described the assault on Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) as “one of her favorite stories.” Of course, this isn’t the best phrase to describe this incident, with Hunt trying to correct herself on air but opting to continue with her report. She concluded that Paul’s assault by neighbor, Rene Boucher, was caused by a landscaping dispute, declaring that as the reason for the attack. This was not a simple push and shove. Paul was severely injured, with six broken ribs (via Politico):

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said Wednesday he had sustained six broken ribs and a build-up of fluids between his chest and lungs as a result of an altercation with a neighbor last Friday, revealing additional maladies about the previously reported incident.

"I appreciate all of the support from everyone. A medical update: final report indicates six broken ribs & new X-ray shows a pleural effusion," Paul tweeted. The pleural effusion, which was previously undisclosed, results in a buildup of fluids around the lungs.

A top adviser for the senator had previously announced Paul had only sustained five broken ribs, including "three displaced fractures."

Doug Stafford, Paul's chief political strategist, had previously cautioned that the senator's condition could prove more severe than the initial prognosis.

“Displaced rib fractures can lead to life-threatening injuries such as: hemopneumothorax, pneumothorax, pneumonia, internal bleeding, laceration of internal organs and lung contusions. Senator Paul does have lung contusions currently,” Stafford said Sunday. “This type of injury is also accompanied by severe pain that can last weeks to months.”

Boucher is expected to face federal charges over the assault. Yet, there have been multiple reports disputing the landscaping claim. Still, and yes, we’re still playing this game, if a Democrat got the crap kicked out of him (or her) over grass clippings, “favorite story” probably wouldn’t be the descriptor—though we would have a lot of interesting takes about how all of this was somehow Trump’s fault. Oh wait:

Look no further than 'Rand Paul was asking for it' to see why these outlets are absolutely despised pic.twitter.com/SmR6ZIY6cK— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) November 20, 2017



TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; US: Kentucky
KEYWORDS: domesticenemy; fakenews; kasiehunt; kentucky; media; msm; msnbc; nbc; partisanmediashills; pmsnbc; randpaul; reneboucher
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To: Right Wing Assault

> Kasie, (who dreamed up that name?) a blindside cheap shot is not a fight.

It’s the only way liberals know how to win a fight. BTW, the libs at reddit celebrated this attack on Paul. They’re pure evil.


41 posted on 11/21/2017 3:34:18 AM PST by JohnyBoy (The GOP Senate is intentionally trying to lose the majority.)
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To: Kaslin

btt


42 posted on 11/21/2017 3:37:28 AM PST by KSCITYBOY (The media is corrupt)
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To: Kaslin

Like when Harry Reed got beat up.


43 posted on 11/21/2017 4:10:31 AM PST by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
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To: Olog-hai

John 8:44!


44 posted on 11/21/2017 5:57:45 AM PST by cowboyusa
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
NBC reporter Kasie Hunt, Partisan Media Shill -- thanks Kaslin.

45 posted on 11/21/2017 6:47:28 AM PST by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: Kaslin

I guess it would’ve been her all-time fav had Rand been killed by that psycho. What a bitch.


46 posted on 11/21/2017 7:46:12 AM PST by ScottinVA ( Liberals, go find another country.)
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To: ETL
Hah...I forgot about that idiot... Do you happen to know which McDonads he works at now ? 🤣
47 posted on 11/21/2017 7:54:31 AM PST by Popman (My sin was great, Your love was greater  What could separate us now…)
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To: Kaslin

Wow

Her physical address pops right up on google and sale price

Scary


48 posted on 11/21/2017 8:00:04 AM PST by wardaddy (As a southerner I've never trusted the Grand Old Party.....any questions?)
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To: Olog-hai
Can you imagine if someone said the same thing about Alison Parker and Adam Ward. Despicable but par for the course.
49 posted on 11/21/2017 8:58:22 AM PST by datricker (Cut Taxes Repeal ACA Deport DACA - Americans First, Build the Wall, Lock her up MAGA!)
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To: ETL

I was curious if he was still employed.
Checked and yup, by the Russians.

https://www.rt.com/shows/news-with-ed-schultz/


50 posted on 11/21/2017 9:09:02 AM PST by kanawa (Trump Loves a Great Deal)
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To: Kaslin

Even the female liberals are thugs... well spoken, well groomed ... thugs.


51 posted on 11/21/2017 9:22:21 AM PST by GOPJ (https://www.reddit.com/r/StumpSheet/comments/6ec3z1/fake_hate_crimes_official/)
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To: Kaslin

I have to admit I am guilty of this kind of thing, but probably it is more interest in irony than actually liking that someone got assaulted. I think this reporter just likes it that Rand Paul was assaulted.

I admit to finding irony and grim humor in the case of Judge Susan Dlott a ultra-liberal judge who was involved in one of the biggest cases on racial profiling in Ohio (she got appointed after her husband raised huge sums of money for the Democratic party) who had three black men break into her house and assault her and her husband in their $8 million dollar mansion, and the first thing out of her mouth was the assailants were black, a fact she repeated several times to the 9-11 dispatcher.

She was known for being extremely lenient to defendants accused of just this kind of crime, then became a victim. I suppose it would have been even more ironic if the assault had been carried out by someone she let off.

A liberal being mugged, but too stupid to become a conservative. I admit to finding entertaining irony there. So, I guess I am guilty of it as well.

And we all have read “Kenneth, what’s the frequency?” on Free Republic enough to laugh at Dan Rather a risible figure who was pretty much deserving of derisive laughter.

Another mugged liberal.


52 posted on 11/22/2017 7:43:23 AM PST by rlmorel (Liberals: American Liberty is the egg that requires breaking to make their Utopian omelette.)
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To: Popman
Hah...I forgot about that idiot... Do you happen to know which McDonald he works at now?

Last I heard he had landed a job at the state-run Russian propaganda network RT (Russia Today). Not kidding. Makes sense, though.

53 posted on 11/22/2017 12:18:13 PM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Nukes. See my FR page)
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To: ETL

RT isn’t run by the state its funded by the state and Ed Shultz does a fairly good job presenting the news on it.

No question that Shultz is a red blooded American either, albeit a liberal minded one.

Which is more than we can say about the likes of you.


54 posted on 11/25/2017 10:12:45 AM PST by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: mac_truck

Screw you, you Putin butt-kisser. You have the nerve to talk about “red blooded Americans”. If this were my site I would have kicked your phony behind off of here years ago. Same goes for the other Russia trolls.


55 posted on 11/25/2017 7:09:17 PM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Nukes. See my FR page)
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"RT [Russia Today] has been frequently described as a propaganda outlet for the Russian government[13][14][15] and its foreign policy.[13][15][16][17][18][19]

RT has also been accused of spreading disinformation[19][20][21] by news reporters,[22][23] including some former RT reporters.[24][25][26]

The United Kingdom media regulator, Ofcom, has repeatedly found RT to have breached rules on impartiality and of broadcasting “materially misleading” content.[27][28][29][30]

On 13 November 2017, RT America officially registered as a “foreign agent” with the United States Department of Justice under the Foreign Agents Registration Act.

Under the act, RT will be required to disclose financial information.

The creation of RT was a part of a larger public relations effort by the Russian Government in 2005 that was intended to improve the image of Russia abroad.[31]

RT was conceived by former media minister Mikhail Lesin,[32] and Russian president Vladimir Putin’s press spokesperson Aleksei Gromov.[33]

At the time of RT’s founding, RIA Novosti director Svetlana Mironyuk stated: “Unfortunately, at the level of mass consciousness in the West, Russia is associated with three words: communism, snow and poverty,” and added “we would like to present a more complete picture of life in our country.”[32]

It is registered as an autonomous nonprofit organization[2][34] funded by the federal budget of Russia through the Federal Agency on Press and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation.[35][36] ...”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RT_(TV_network)

56 posted on 11/26/2017 1:37:47 AM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Nukes. See my FR page)
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To: mac_truck; All
"RT was conceived by former media minister Mikhail Lesin,[32] and Russian president Vladimir Putin’s press spokesperson Aleksei Gromov.[33]"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RT_(TV_network)

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Related image
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, with Mikhail Lesin during a meeting in Moscow

RT = RUSSIA TODAY

Nov 2015...


57 posted on 11/26/2017 1:57:15 AM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Nukes. See my FR page)
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