Within the rapid wake of a person breaking into Nancy Pelosi’s San Fransisco house and viciously attacking her husband, the right-wing media, Republicans, and their conservative followers received into formation to do what they do greatest: unfold baseless rumors in regards to the assault and mock the sufferer.
Tucker Carlson fueled conspiracy theories that Paul Pelosi and his attacker, David DePape, had been lovers. Elon Musk, who’d change into the proprietor of Twitter simply three days prior, shared a narrative together with his 112 million followers from a web site recognized to site visitors in false data, that the person was a prostitute with whom Pelosi had gotten right into a dispute. (He later deleted the tweet however not earlier than writing, “There’s a tiny chance there could be extra to this story than meets the attention.”) Donald Trump Jr. retweeted a “Paul Pelosi” Halloween costume made up of merely underwear and hammer, writing: “The web stays undefeated.” Consultant Claudia Tenney commented “LOL” on a photograph of a bunch of males holding hammers beside a homosexual delight flag, earlier than deleting the tweet. Charlie Kirk, the conservative YouTube host, mentioned on his podcast he hoped an “superb patriot” would go bail out DePape, “ask him some questions,” and change into a “midterm hero.”
On Thursday, Fox Information host Sean Hannity had a visitor on his present who speculated that set-to-be-released footage of the assault would “not assist the prosecution” and lift “extra questions than it solutions.”
On Friday, footage of the assault was launched. Along with being deeply troublesome to look at—viewers can see the second when DePape beats the 82-year-old Pelosi with a hammer—it additionally makes the gang at Fox Information and past not solely look very silly however just like the wicked ghouls they’re. Will they see it that method and apologize to the sufferer and his household? We’re going to exit on a limb and assume the reply begins with an “h” and ends with a “—ell f–king no.” Are you acquainted in any respect with how these individuals function? They’re about to double down, in the event that they haven’t already.
Draw up the articles of impeachment now
