Posted on 10/30/2022 3:29:07 AM PDT by Libloather
A growing number of Democrats are openly blaming Republicans for failing to rein in a rise in violent rhetoric in the wake of an assault on Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, who survived with serious injuries.
“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.”
**SNIP**
The accused assailant, a 42-year-old California man, had asked “Where is Nancy?” before his assault of her husband.
President Joe Biden on Friday evening directly tied those words to chants from pro-Trump rioters as they overran the Capitol complex on Jan. 6, 2021.
“We need to say it out loud,” said Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.). “Militia maniacs, and other rightwing domestic terrorists have exploded because Republicans have spent years winking, nodding, and endorsing their extremism.”
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Steve Scalise, please pick up the courtesy phone.
Every day ... more lies!
That thing is a traitor to the max. Talk about projection. Where is her condemnation of the radical muslims who killed thousands on 9-1-1??? Where is her condemantion of the attempted murder of Scalise and others??? Where is her condemnation of the police killings??? Where is her condemnation of violent assaults and murders by Anti-fa and BLM members??? This man who assaulted his gay contact was not a far right anything. From what she is saying and has failed to say it is obvious her and her group intend to kill EVERYONE who opposes them.
He is very lucky, that he still HAS the ability to pick up a phone.
Come on Man. Everyone knows Paulie like to get hammered when Nancy is away.
Barmaid of the House needs some schooling in logic.
The Democrat platform—-
Blame everyone else
Everything is a crisis while blaming everyone else.
Create a problem that doesn’t exist, blaming everyone else.
Lesson for Mr. Pelosi - know your rentboy before you invite him into your house.
Democrats are in control of the government. They certainly are in control in SF and Berkeley. What have they done about crime except make it worse?
RIGHT! Those damned Republicans, convinced Paul Pelosi to hire a male prostitute who then went nuts!
Bad ole Republicans!!!
How many hours before his rentboy is discovered taking a dirt nap?
-PJ
alternate universe, it’s the left that spews all the hate with that woke adgenda.
The REAL story here is that liberals can’t even protect their own homes, you think they will protect yours?
So we go from gay tryst with a drugged out leftist, nudist gone wrong to a Right Nationalist trying to assassinate the Speaker of the House, who was not in the house??? How much of our tax dollars are paying for the Reputation Management firm that Nancy and the Dems must have hired to cook this up.
How did a home invader end up in his underwear? I don’t hear of that sort of thing happening very often.
I would imagine his jailers are being told to take a long nap at night so the rent boy can “sleep”.
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