But on Monday night, Lake mourned Carlson. she It was she who was attacked over the criticism she received for mocking Perosis.
“We can’t talk about all these issues because the media says they’re banned,” Lake said. You can’t talk about Paul Pelosi — you can’t talk about Nancy Pelosi now. And you can’t talk about the election and you can’t talk about covid.I’m talking about all these things.
“Yes,” Carlson called out.
— but I’m a danger to people like [Wyoming GOP Rep.] Liz Cheney and the people she’s dating and they want to stop people like me,” Lake added.
While most Republican leaders have condemned the attack on Paul Pelosi, many have linked blame and blame on “both sides” for the increase in political violence. But Lake’s cynicism at her campaign event is just the latest example of how some Republicans turned the brutal attack on her House Speaker’s 80-something husband into a punch line.
On the same day news of the attack broke, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin (Republican) downplayed it at Republican congressional candidate Yesli Vega’s campaign rally in Stafford, Virginia.
“There is no room for violence anywhere, but we will dispatch [Nancy Pelosi] To be with him in California,” Youngkin told the audience.
Jonkin also said, “disgusting, despicable, vulgar” as a joke asked for an apologyalthough he did not.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-California) both strongly condemned the attack on Paul Pelosi, but party members I keep my silence about joking or disrespecting.
Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) retweeted a thread by far-right activist Matt Walsh, challenging the notion that the suspect was a militant right wing. political conspiracy theories.
Cruz quoted a thread that dismissed Depp as a “hippie nudist from Berkeley” with the word “truth.”
Rep. Clay Higgins (Republican, Los Angeles) tweeted and deleted Sunday’s post promoting a conspiracy theory mocking the attack. And on the night of the attack, Rep. Claudia Tenney (RN.
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Pelosi, who has lashed out at political violence in the past, including the Jan. 6, 2021 riots at the US Capitol, has so far not linked politics to attacks on her husband.
In a “dear colleague” letter to congressmen late Saturday night, Pelosi said, “A violent man broke into our parents’ home, demanded to stand up to me, and brutally attacked my husband, Paul. ” confirmed.
“Our children, grandchildren and I are heartbroken and traumatized by this life-threatening attack on our pop,” she wrote.
At last week’s election event, President Biden called on crowds to stand up to political violence “clearly and clearly”, noting that Pelosi’s alleged attackers were influenced by Republican inflammatory rhetoric. suggested.
“Why do we think a political party can talk about stolen elections, covid is a hoax. [that it’s] A lot of lies, but doesn’t it affect someone who might be out of balance?” Biden said at the time. “Why do we think it won’t change the political climate? Enough.
Federal authorities on Monday indicted alleged home burglar David Wayne DePap, 42, on charges of attempted kidnapping and assault. After his arrest, DePap told authorities he had planned to “take Nancy hostage” and break her kneecap to send a message to other Democrats, according to the indictment.
The Washington Post confirmed that a blog written under Depapp’s name was filled with anti-Semitic writing, unsubstantiated claims, pro-Trump and anti-democratic posts. It was registered at a house in Richmond, California.
But nothing can stop Depp’s arrest from becoming the center of more right-wing misinformation and conspiracy theories endorsed by former President Donald Trump and even Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk. No. Trump himself called the attack “horrible” in an interview on Sunday.
Trump’s eldest son has made several social media posts downplaying the incident. Retweet A photograph of a hammer resting on underwear with the message “Paul Pelosi’s Halloween costume is ready.”
“The Internet is still undefeated,” added Donald Trump Jr.
Devlin Barrett, Eugene Scott, Holly Bailey, and Laurie McGinley contributed to this report.
