Paul Pelosi’s Suspected Assailant Has Ties to QAnon

The person charged with tried murder for putting Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband within the head with a hammer had posted about QAnon conspiracy theories, together with disinformation about election outcomes, the Holocaust, and area aliens, amongst different matters.

In keeping with Rolling Stone, in weblog posts, the accused man, David DePape, wrote screeds that questioned the legitimacy of the Holocaust, local weather change, and the 2020 election outcomes, and likewise had sections devoted to transphobia, racism and misogyny. Though Fb deleted the publish on Friday, he additionally posted related content material concerning conspiracy theories on the platform.

AP reported that DePape wrote a weblog entry in August titled “Q,” which included references to QAnon and memes about deceased intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein. One other August publish featured his views on gun rights: “You not have rights. Your fundamental human rights hinder Large Brother’s capability to enslave and management you in an entire and totalizing method.”

The 42-year-old attacked 82-year-old Paul Pelosi on the couple’s San Francisco house. He apparently requested Paul Pelosi, “The place is Nancy? The place is Nancy?” earlier than hitting him within the head with a hammer. Pelosi suffered a cranium fracture, and underwent a “profitable surgical procedure.” Pelosi someway managed to name 911 earlier than the assault, permitting the police to reach in time to forestall additional harm.

Speaker Pelosi was in Washington, D.C. on the night time of the assault.

Gene DePape, David’s stepfather mentioned, that though he hasn’t seen his stepson since 2003: “David was by no means violent that I seen and was by no means in any bother though he was very reclusive and performed an excessive amount of video video games.”

Quite a few Republicans had been fast responsible Democrats and President Joe Biden for the assault. After Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) tweeted that violence “shouldn’t occur to Paul Pelosi. It shouldn’t occur to harmless People. It shouldn’t occur to me,” Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) mentioned that she made the assault about her and added, “YOU referred to as for Nancy Pelosi to be executed.”