Last night, Paul Pelosi, husband of Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, was attacked in his San Francisco home.  Ms. Pelosi was in Washington at the time, something the attacker could easily have ascertained with even the most basic search of the news.  Mr. Pelosi. 80, was beaten in the face with a hammer and is undergoing brain surgery as I write.

In online posts, the attacker had embraced conspiracy theories about January 6, the 2020 election, and the covids.

The attack on Mr. Pelosi was obviously an assassination attempt, instigated by the big lies from right-wing news outlets and Republicans. Congressman Bill Pascrell (D-NJ) pointed out that the attacker "has a background that shows he’s been moved, instigated, and influenced by those people who seek to divide us. Turn on rightwing media on any given day or night. You will see frothing hosts shrieking unspeakable lies and unfounded conspiracy theories about women, religious and ethnic minorities, city residents, young people, and scores of others Americans. That some are radicalized to commit unspeakable violence against their perceived enemies cannot be a surprise. This terrorism is growing and threatens every community in America.”