True. I never heard anybody on the right ever even mention her but the KOS kiddies and the far left seem to have hated her until this happened.
She was also married to a space shuttle commander who’s getting ready to fly, and this nutjob believes the space shuttle is a hoax and a gigantic conspiracy. It’s clear that conservative rhetoric had absolutely nothing to do with this, but his space conspiracy beliefs might have. Although he was clearly in favor of socialism whatever its form, which by itself indicates the political extreme he aligned himself with, this attack may have been less politically motivated than some currently believe. I have little doubt he would have done the exact same thing to her astronaut husband and anyone around him had it been him giving a public talk that day instead of her.