As Twitchy has reported, Paul Pelosi, husband of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was assaulted in his San Francisco home by a man with a hammer. The details are pretty sketchy, including how the man managed to get past the security system, guards, and guard dogs. Both Joe Scarborough and Rob Reiner (and others, certainly) have traced the attack directly back to Donald Trump. Trump’s Big Lie about the 2020 election obviously drove this man to attempt to assassinate Nancy Pelosi, which the mob has been trying to do since January 6, 2021.
Politico reports that Democrats are lashing out at the GOP after the assault and wondering why Republicans haven’t done more to curb political violence among their followers.
Some are accusing Republican leaders of sidestepping the rising threat of political violence for yearshttps://t.co/vwPQU6HUuT
— POLITICO (@politico) October 29, 2022
Sarah Farris reports:
“A far right white nationalist tried to assassinate the Speaker of the House and almost killed her husband a year after violent insurrectionists tried to find her and kill her in the Capitol,” Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) said on Saturday morning. “And the Republican Party’s response is to either ignore it or belittle it.”
As police continue to investigate the attack, several of Pelosi’s fellow Democrats are pointing fingers at their opponents in Congress — accusing Republican leaders of largely sidestepping the issue of political violence and rising threats for years. Some also called out what they saw as a lackluster public response to the assault, including from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.).
“Yesterday, a man sharing that member’s rhetoric tried to assassinate the Speaker and her spouse,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Saturday morning. Then, referring to McCarthy, she wrote: “What has @GOPLeader said? Nothing. This is who he is.”
According to Politico, Leader Kevin McCarthy reached out to the Speaker to check in on Paul and said he’s praying for a full recovery and is thankful they caught the assailant.” On Saturday, McCarthy expanded on that statement in an interview with Breitbart radio, condemning the violence and saying what happened to Paul Pelosi was “wrong.”
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“I reached out to the Speaker. I called her, I know she was on a plane to California, but I was able to text with her to tell her about our prayers for Paul. Thankfully he’s gonna be OK,” McCarthy said.
But according to AOC, McCarthy’s said nothing. This is who he is.
this was the same "suck it up, buttercup" crowd when the Kavanaugh threat occurred.
— crucker (@crucker) October 29, 2022
Has everyone just forgotten that a bunch of Republican congressmen got gunned down at a softball practice? Did that just not happen?
— CaptainKentucky (@KyJustified) October 29, 2022
Some have been gaslighting & hurting Americans for a long time, including @Politico. pic.twitter.com/G517hIc9Le
— Peter Korman (@pjkorman) October 29, 2022
It’s like the BLM and antifa riots never happened 🤷🏻🤷♀️🤷🏻♂️
— Balls (@SuckleOnMyBalls) October 29, 2022
Everyone seems to have forgotten this? pic.twitter.com/IAkq5HBPWF
— stinkfinger (@Badfingerstinky) October 29, 2022
"Some" = media and democrats twisting themselves in knots trying to tie an obvious mentally ill leftist into a Trump narrative to stem the incoming red wave election.
— Ken (@ladderbrooklyn) October 29, 2022
You mean the sidestepping that occurs in the Democratic Party every time a crisis pregnancy center gets firebombed or a conservative gets assaulted? The hypocrisy is amazing…
— Brihtric of Wessex (@Brihtric786) October 29, 2022
Rising threat? Kavenaugh was almost attacked. Republican congressmen have been shot. Cities burn every time democrats don’t like an outcome if something. What are you talking about ??
— Glenn the realist (@RealistGlenn) October 29, 2022
https://twitter.com/6Death6By6Gov/status/1586418094662352896
We remember the Brett Kavanaugh story very well, because everyone on the Left said it was no big deal because the guy who’d flown cross country and gone to Kavanaugh’s neighborhood with a pistol and knife and burglary tools turned himself in without hurting anybody. NBD.
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Related:
Insider: Attack on Paul Pelosi inspires many hypocritical GOP election deniers to renounce violence https://t.co/uoyysfscWR
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) October 29, 2022
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