The No. 3 House Republican, Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York, was quick to extend best wishes to the husband of Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Paul Pelosi, who was violently attacked early Friday morning by an intruder in the couple’s San Francisco home.
“Wishing a full recovery for Paul from this absolutely horrific violent attack,” tweeted Stefanik.
It’s a departure from her norm.
The right-wing-o-sphere has spent most of the day figuring out the angle on a (very likely) right-wing MAGA Big Lie-believer who attacked and seriously injured House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s 82-year-old husband Paul Pelosi with a hammer. The attack took place early Friday morning after the man broke into the Pelosi home in San Francisco, California. According to reports, Mr. Pelosi was able to contact police during the ordeal and the suspect is now in custody.
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Barbara Morrill
Of course.
asked by Greta Van Susteren if he wants a “do over” for his comments callously attacking Nancy Pelosi today, Glenn Youngkin refuses to apologize pic.twitter.
UPDATE: Friday, Oct 28, 2022 · 9:00:54 PM +00:00
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Mark Sumner
Depape had more than one blog page.
Posts on one of David Wayne Depape’s blogs show he was into QAnon conspiracy theories like Hilary Clinton eating babies and adrenchrome, as well as many conspiracy theories about Jewish people, black people and the Ukraine war. Some of them are so extreme I can’t really share. pic.twitter.
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