Rand Paul In Constant Pain Since Attack: Wife

BOWLING GREEN, KENTUCKY — Sen. Rand Paul’s wife on Wednesday penned an emotional op-ed for CNN’s website, writing that her husband has not taken a single breath without pain since a neighbor attacked him on Nov. 3, breaking six of his ribs and causing him to catch pneumonia. “There have been several nights where I had my hand on my phone ready to call 911 when his breathing became so labored it was terrifying,” Kelley Paul wrote.

She also attacked the media coverage of the alleged assault, writing that Paul had no ongoing dispute with the neighbor and did not provoke him in any way. “This was not a ‘scuffle,’ a ‘fight’ or an ‘altercation,’ as many in the media falsely describe it. It was a deliberate, blindside attack. The impact left Rand with six broken ribs, three displaced, pleural effusion and now pneumonia. This has been a terrible experience; made worse by the media's gleeful attempts to blame Rand for it, ridiculing him for everything from mowing his own lawn to composting,” she wrote.

Paul’s neighbor, Rene Albert Boucher, pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor assault. Boucher’s neighbor previously told CNN “"If he had to do it over again, I can assure you it would have been handled much more diplomatically."

Head over to CNN to read Kelley Paul’s full op-ed.

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