Boss Recalls Pelosi Attack Suspect's Descent Into Extremism

NBC Bay Area ^ | November 1, 2022 | By Jaxon Van Derbeken

[Oldeconomybuyer]

When Frank Ciccarelli hired David DePape, he was homeless and living under a tree in Berkeley’s Aquatic Park.

But he was quiet, likeable and a steady worker building decks with Ciccarelli for six years, he recalled Monday. And politically liberal.

Three years ago, Ciccarelli worked out a way for DePape to move into a converted garage in Richmond. It was that single car structure with a plywood floor that the FBI searched over the weekend.

Ciccarelli says over the years, he watched DePape’s steady descent into extremism. It started when DePape would turn off NPR news in the morning on the way to jobsites.

“It was a gradual process – it was over six years,” he said, “day by day.”

While normally quiet, DePape eventually began to repeat talking points that Ciccarelli recognized as being espoused in right wing circles.

Ciccarelli says he last saw Depape when he paid him three days before the attack. He says what happened at the Pelosi’s home shocked him.

But he says there were signs of mental illness. Recently, he said, DePape started talking about building a physical home for an imaginary fairy.

[PGR88]

It started when DePape would turn off NPR news in the morning on the way to jobsites.

LOL. Sounds like a sensible human being.

[pepsi_junkie]

Ciccarelli says over the years, he watched DePape’s steady descent into extremism. It started when DePape would turn off NPR news in the morning on the way to jobsites.

This guy monitored what the perp was listening to on his way to work?

[Yardstick]

Picturing the eyelids scene in A Clockwork Orange except this time he’s forced to watch NPR.

[V_TWIN]

“DePape eventually began to repeat talking points that Ciccarelli recognized as being espoused in right wing circles”

Here we go......what took so long

[FlingWingFlyer]

This clown has no credibility. He listens to NPR and talks about “right wing circles”. Anyone who believes this left-wing union kook is a bigger moron than he is. He’s a Pelosi ass-kisser.

[T.B. Yoits]

Is this Frank Ciccarelli of "Decks By The Bay" who unflinchingly admits to hiring illegal aliens and sending them to customers' homes?

https://www.linkedin.com/in/frank-ciccarelli-941b1115

Some negative reviews on Yelp.

https://www.yelp.com/biz/decks-by-the-bay-oakland

[FlingWingFlyer]

You can bet Frankie doesn’t hire anybody without a hammer and who doesn’t listen to NPR.

[SunkenCiv]

Oh look, "testimony".

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[willk]

Tucker joked the other day that the only people who watch PBS are in traction and the nurse went out for a smoke break with the remote.

[rlmorel]

It must have been Catbert whispering in his ear...

[Chode]

homeless and living under a tree... when he wasn’t working as a male prostitute???

[The_Media_never_lie]

Ciccarelli says over the years, he watched DePape’s steady descent into extremism. It started when DePape would turn off NPR news in the morning on the way to jobsites.

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I have been turning off NPR for 30 years. Not a gradual process.

[hinckley buzzard]

They have DePape in custody, where they can get him stabilized on meds, cleaned up, and when he goes to court he will testify that he was influenced by Republican MAGA hate speech. Watch for it.

[circlecity]

“Lower taxes? Smaller government?”

lol - I know you’re being sarcastic but do you really think that guy’s ever paid a dime of taxes in his life?

[mware]

Just heard he plead not guilty to the charges. This will get interesting.

[Ann Archy]

Is frankie a DEMOCRAT?

[fwdude]

I turn off NPR all the time. Call the FBI on me.

[Ann Archy]

GREAT POINT.FRANKIE HIRED AN ILLEGAL.

[Ann Archy]

What REAL MAN LISTENS TO NPR? FRANKIE DOES WHICH SAYS HE IS A DEMOCRAT.

[Ann Archy]

Schitzo...your boss was schitzo.