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David DePape charged with attempted murder Of Paul Pelosi husband of Speaker of The House Nancy Pelosi.
Kidnapping and Attempted Murder?
Paul Pelosi, the 82-year-old husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was attacked by an invader with a hammer in the couple’s San Francisco home in the early morning hours of Oct. 28. Following the attack, Pelosi needed surgery “to repair a skull fracture and serious injuries to his right arm and hands. But instead of the Republicans condemning this attack, they are now making false claims about the intruder. But false claims and suggestions about the attack have flooded social media, adding to a deepening well of anti-LGBTQ rhetoric. Crazy Elon Musk, for example, tweeted and then deleted a link to a story on a dubious website that baselessly suggested DePape was a prostitute. The claim then trended on Twitter, according to Ben Collins, who covers disinformation and extremism for NBC. Dumb Dumb Donald Trump Jr. also promoted the completely unfounded claim. He posted and later deleted a sexually explicit cartoon image on Instagram and included a message that said: Dear fact checkers this has nothing at all to do with anything going on in the news and simply posting a cartoon of what appears to be an altered South Park scene. This wise guy knows how to incite the MAGA base. But his 6.2 million followers showed their understanding of the post in the comments, saying things such as, “I dunno man, it doesn’t appear altered. Looks like a still from the Pelosis security cam to me. Conservative commentator Dinesh D’Souza posted a more suggestive claim on Twitter, asking: How did Pelosi know his attacker’s name? He told the police the assailant’s name was ‘David. He also said David was his ‘friend.’ This is on the police recording and you can listen to it yourself. So how do you explain these two telling facts?” The Right is twisting comments and facts to suit their fascist agenda. Any suggestion that Pelosi hired DePape as a prostitute or that Pelosi knew him in any capacity is false. Robert Rueca, spokesman for the San Francisco Police Department, said that officers found no “evidence that shows that the victim and the suspect knew each other.” And DePape himself told FBI officers in a recorded interview that he had broken into the home with the intention of holding Nancy Pelosi hostage and breaking her kneecaps if she “lied” to him. He wasn’t there for Paul Pelosi. Sometime before 2:30 a.m. on Oct. 28, DePape used a hammer to break the glass on the back door of the Pelosis’ home, DePape told the FBI. He went up to the second floor where Paul Pelosi was in bed alone. Nancy Pelosi was in DC. Recorded audio of radio communications between the dispatcher and officers circulated on conservative media. In the audio, which identified Pelosi as “RP,” or “reporting person, an officer can be heard saying, RP stated that there’s a male in the home and that he’s going to wait for his wife. RP stated that he doesn’t know who the male is, but that he advised that his name is David and that he is a friend. RP sounded somewhat confused. Dispatchers can’t report anything other than what’s being told to them over the phone. An experienced dispatcher with good instincts, they know how to read between the lines, but they have to report what’s being told. Any recording of officers getting initial information from dispatch would reflect only what had been relayed over the phone, which, in this case, came from Pelosi as he was trying to slyly report the break-in while DePape was present. When responding officers arrived at the home minutes later, they witnessed Pelosi and DePape in a struggle over the hammer, ending with DePape hitting Pelosi in the head. Also, contrary to claims that DePape was in his underwear when officers arrived — like this one from conservative commentator Terrence K. Williams — according to the charging documents, DePape was clothed and, specifically, wearing shorts. DePape has a checkered and troubled past, his plan is outlined below. When DePape entered the Pelosi's’ house in the early morning on Oct. 28, he was prepared to detain and injure Speaker Pelosi, according to the federal charging documents. He had arrived with zip ties, tape, rope and at least one hammer. According to the federal criminal complaint, DePape told officers that he was going to hold Nancy hostage and talk to her. If Nancy were to tell DePape the ‘truth, he would let her go, and if she ‘lied, he was going to break her kneecaps. DePape was certain that Nancy would not have told the truth. DePape told FBI interviewers that he viewed Nancy as the leader of the pack of lies told by the Democratic Party, according to the complaint. He also later explained that by breaking Nancy’s kneecaps, she would then have to be wheeled into Congress, which would show other Members of Congress there were consequences to actions. DePape used rhetoric common in right-wing media during the interview described in charging documents. He told officers that he didn’t leave the house after Pelosi’s call to 911, because, much like the American founding fathers with the British, he was fighting against tyranny without the option of surrender. This guy is totally nuts. The sad part is that the MAGA people are championing this guy. Conservatives are spreading lies and are cheering this action. They are promoting violence against Democrats. I don’t care which party you are in, how you differ on issues, there is no reason to promote someone beating someone in the head with a hammer. Where has all the normal common sense people gone? Federal agents have charged David DePape, 42, whom local police had identified as the intruder, with assault of an immediate family member of a U.S. official with the intent to retaliate against the official on account of the performance of official duties, which carries a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison, and attempted kidnapping of a U.S. official on account of the performance of official duties, which carries a maximum prison sentence of 20 years, according to the Department of Justice. Tammy
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