They’ve all been debunked but the Trump cult won’t apologize or stop. I’ll bet 1/3 of the country believes their disgusting lies.
It’s a weird derangement when simple human sympathy cannot be summoned for an 82-year-old battered in a home invasion. https://t.co/l2qNCFWGSg pic.twitter.com/5NHSUpqA33
— Sheldon Whitehouse (@SenWhitehouse) October 31, 2022
The DePape charges make very clear that Elon Musk spread homophobic disinformation about the Pelosi attack to downplay the role politics played in it. An absolutely shameful episode illustrating what a clown the guy is. https://t.co/5xCQZXbaZR
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 31, 2022
I think Pelosi's attacker is a lot like the guy who shot Scalise. There are two differences.
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) October 31, 2022
1. There seem to be a lot more unstable people motivated to violence on the right.
2. More pundits on the right celebrating the violence.
This incident feels like a turning point. https://t.co/UzoBb1po8T
Thread: The FBI's newly released criminal complaint against the man charged with attacking Pelosi features a summary of a Mirandized interview in which, per the FBI summary, *the man himself* essentially debunks the conspiracy theories about the incident.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 31, 2022
This puts all the conspiracy theories about the Pelosi attack not being politically motivated to rest. Political violence like this is not just normalized in the MAGA movement, it grows there. https://t.co/gv3A0Revbw
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) October 31, 2022
Over the weekend, watching the reaction to the assault on Paul Pelosi, I just gave up. We are on the very brink of handing the country over to the lost and the mad. https://t.co/lZiBHdCh6L
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) October 31, 2022
Sad! 