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JUST IN: Man Who Attacked Paul Pelosi With a Hammer Sentenced to 30 Years
And given him free guns for life
If this was in Texas, he wouldn't have used a hammer to begin with...
He would have smoked him like a brisket?
Then screamed "...remember the Alamo"?
Someone woulda gotten smoked, and it was an invasion of illegals onto land that didn't belong to them, and he eventually got his ass kicked off that land by the local authorities, so the Alamo is a pretty apt comparison.
Sorry, you make a good point
But all I associate with the Alamo is pee wee- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cHLoHou8uY
Fair. I guess I associate the Alamo with a bunch of US-texas settlers illegally crossing the border into Mexico, killing the locals, and then taking over the Alamo, then crying about it when the Mexican army kicks them the fuck out.
Just a normal Thursday then.
And a wank
Also getting turned into a poster boy by the MAGA crowd
And may all their poster boys get the justice they deserve. I often think of Garrick and Quark from old Deep Space 9 when thinking about how fashionable and cool being a fascist brownshirt is these days.
I know, right?? Texas is an insane place.
Complete shit hole just like the rest of the South, I wish they were allowed to leave the Union like they want so the rest of us can get back to sanity.
There are some very blue islands here. Austin is a cool ass city, mostly filled with progressive people
Fun fact: in every red state, all the deep blue areas is where all the money and progress is made.
Nah, Texas is an amazing place. It's their politics that are shitty.
And who votes for those politics?
Mr. Gerry Mander
Not any friends of mine that live there. I grew up in Texas but haven't lived there in 20 years.
Check out the wild gerrymandered districts we got down here. We can't change shit if we wanted. The district next to mine encompasses an affluent neighborhood, croses the street to a luxury apartment building, runs down the north side of the street for over a mile(north side of the street is all business zoning, south side is affordable multifamily housing), claims a diagonal strip of intersection so I can jump back to the south side of the street and pick up another affluent neighborhood.
I can toss a rock 20 feet west and it lands in an affluent red district. But k-town and the surrounding multi unit housing are all in a blue district. Why? Me in my apartment and the dude in his 2 story house are less than 300 ft apart. We're in the same city, zip, and county, but we're represented differently politically because he makes more money than me.
And then rural areas are all so fuckin education starved that I've been shouted out of a bar for pointing out that undocumented migrants pay millions in taxes every year, and are ineligible for government assistance like food stamps. They literally just shouted "your wrong, that's not true!" Over and over. I showed them evidence, and they got louder.
Challenging the wild podunk ideas a lot of people in rural areas have is akin to murdering their god, based on how fuckin offended they get.
What about both senators and the governor?
What about them? We just had the closest gubernatorial election in 20 years. Texas has been a red state forever, and we're doing what we can to change that, but again, the amount of education starved rural citizens is staggering.
Check one of our election result maps. The blue are population centers. The red is rural space.
I'm from Texas. I get it. But Abbott still won by over 10%. Which is a lot. I've been hearing about how great Texas is for 25 years and about how it's going blue for 20. It's not happening and it's getting worse. Good luck now with all the trumpers that have been flocking there these last couple years.
Texas sucks
10% is way less than the 18% he won with before. And it was 10% with Trump in the White House and a huge Republican fervor.
Like, the whole US political system is broken for a myriad of reasons, and both parties are garbage, but 8% is a huge gain for dems in that situation.
Or be the woman who starved her son to death and only get 25 years.
If Trump wins the election he will most certainly be pardoned. I have no doubt.
Or Florida. DeSantis just pardoned a murderer.
Really do hate that wheelchair bitch.
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And invited to speak at congress
The attacker on Paul Pelosi was a Trump supporter who believed in all the 2020 election conspiracy theories spouted by Trump. This is the America that Trump wants, where his supporters are free to attack anybody he perceives as his enemy.
Imagine being a die hard dt supporter so committed that you attempt to kill a political opponent, only for the entire right wing media ecosystem calls you a gay lover of her husband.
This is not unexpected. Ultimately, Hitler considered the German people to be inferior because they failed to achieve his goals.
There is no room for failure in a fascist ideology, short of glorious sacrifice.
Winning!
Exactly, but yet we're not allowed to speak our mind or have our own thoughts, it's all about control with them. If people don't vote blue we are in for some serious problems come next year.
He was from Canada, of all places. Trump has nothing to do with Canada, but his virus has infected it.
It’s true. We are not immune to this idiocy up here and of course we have our very own Trump wannabe that will probably be elected next year.
Seems we don’t learn even when we have a front row seat to the chaos populist politicians invoke.
Alberta already voted in their Trump. Danielle Smith adores DeSantis.
One of our MLA’s: https://www.thestar.com/edmonton/i-am-my-own-person-says-new-ucp-byelection-winner-on-working-for-donald-trump/article_9dc1233f-ba19-5f8f-9c4d-57dc0ceb6668.html
I fucking loathe them and their christofascist puppet masters.
Ford is no better he just hides his crazy a bit better than Smith. Make no mistake he is a mobster who is destroying Ontario as surely as she is destroying Alberta and PP is just waiting to get his grubby hands on the country.
It was clear from the convoy nonsense that there is a lot of people in Canada that are brainwashed by the American GOP and their propaganda outlets. Bitching and whining about their "1st amendment rights" as if that's a thing in Canada.
And they will gladly elect Canada's own Trump to "own the libs" even if it means they get fucked over anyway. Absolute morons.
Yep!
Meanwhile good ol PP has voted against every social housing measure since the day he entered politics and everyday he points the finger at the liberals for the housing crisis 🤦♀️🤦♀️
Pierre polievre. John Rustad. Jackson ried hammer. Kevin falcon.
I was just in Ottawa a couple of weeks ago and the trailer trash was parked outside parliament incoherently protesting their usual mishmash of grievances (everything from vaccines to something or other about “children”). Guess what giant flags they were prominently flying?
“Trump 2024” flags. Two of ‘em.
For those who don’t know, Ottawa is the capital of Canada.
he was Canadian, illegally in the USA.
He is also an illegal immigrant from Canada who overstayed his visa.
Super cool that one of the first things Elmo did one he bought Twitter, was push the conspiracy that this attacker and Pelosi were gay lovers. I hate right wingers. Musk particular is a certain kind of element of the trajectory of society that really bums me out.
What bums me put is that people didn't immediately abandon Twitter the instant it became clear he was going to destroy everything good about it and turn it into a mouthpiece for his personal agendas and silencing whoever he wants.
There are other options and all it would take to break Twitter overnight is enough people choosing not to do business with a guy who screams about free speech out of one side of his mouth and then bought an entire social media company to control as many narratives as possible
You see I think that's exactly correct.
That is until one or two of them wakes the fuck up and it happens to them or theirs.
How many hundreds of thousands of people do you suppose have been conned out of how much money or into how much suffering on account of this or that scam over these last many years. How many times has have they rolled the dice on the mentally unstable/economically disenfranchised or marginalized folks of the country being inspired to engage in stochastic terrorism. DJT and his crew are playing a wildly dangerous game, and they know it....with their fingers crossed.
Because, what happens if any one of them realize they are thousands of dollars in the red, or they get stabby with the realization of being betrayed into believing whatever hogwash about ivermectin or hydrochlorquine being cures for Covid. Perhaps that loss was massive, and they or their family is suffering the economic calamity caused by their family being fucked over by those lies.
Secret Service probably has their work cut out for them with nightmare scenario of one of his former followers getting into Mar-A-Lago one night and getting all stabby or choppy with the former executive.
I honestly have never been more disgusted with my fellow Americans than I was with conservatives and the way that they responded to this attack. It’s basically unforgivable.
Was pretty wild watching a man almost being murdered, and then that being twisted into a conspiracy theory of a man in his 80s allegedly being in a gay relationship with a homeless MAGA Republican. The thing evolved in real time piece by piece.
They actually cited, "man in his underwear at 2am in his own house," as"proof" of the conspiracy.
He should have been wearing a 3-piece suit! /s
Wouldn't have helped, conspiracy nuts would have just said he was dressed up for a date with the gay MAGA Republican. The truth and plausibility mean nothing to these people.
GOP: Hold our beer.
The repugnant party has no bottom. They are all garbage people.
I’m a social democrat. I hate the pelosis. But no. I don’t wish for someone to attack them, their family, or anyone else with a hammer. Crazy.
Don’t forget about the part where they implied that they were gay lovers having a quarrel
The man who inspired him to do the crime is free and could be the next president of America.
He's probably banking on that
From article:
David DePape, the man who attacked former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) husband, Paul Pelosi, with a hammer in October 2022, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison.
Pelosi suffered a fractured skull as well as injuries to his arm and hand during the attack. His wife, who served two stints as speaker and continues to serve in the House of Representatives, had called on the court to hand down a “very long” sentence for DePape.
How can something like this take two YEARS to sentence?
The legal process takes a long time even under normal circumstances, and if the attacker underwent some kind of assessment to determine his mental health (which I suspect is likely), that would stretch it out even longer.
Never paid attention to the criminal justice system huh? It is not a fast moving thing. Especially in densely populated areas.
Probably because Trumpers want the man to go free.
I wonder if MAGA pukes still think this situation is funny. I doubt the attacker thinks so now that he's looking at a decent stretch in prison.
They do. Its disgusting
They love it. They are deplorable
It was completely wrong when Hillary said half of them are deplorable.
It’s well over half.
Trump will probably be dead before his first decade is through.
Even if he's fine with it, the reason for doing it will die before he's half way through his stint. If he's doesn't regret it now, he will then.
Trump will pardon him if he wins. America is dead.
Isn't it a state charge and not federal?
This one is federal. The charges are attempted kidnapping of a federal official and assault on immediate family member of a federal official.
Well if he wins, Trump will definitely pardon him then.
Ah. Yeah. Rip justice. So much for the party of law and order
100%
It's a very petty and symbolic insult, so it seems on brand.
But yeah, I guess if Trump wins, he'll probably be happy, but then I think we'd have bigger issues to the point that this guy getting pardoned would barely make the news.
That doesn’t make any sense. This man didn’t do this so that he could be “not in prison as long as Trump is alive…”. He did it because he thought Trump should’ve been President because Trump would help pass legislation that this person supports… legislation and judge appointments last a lot longer than a presidential term, hence why even republicans who hate Trump, vote for him.
He thought the Pelosi was in on a conspiracy. It’s vengeance he was looking for, not anything else.
I’m as anti-Trump as anyone, but thinking that this person committed this crime so that they could live out their days watching Trump in the Oval Office, is just stupid.
because Trump would help pass legislation that this person supports
The attacker was an illegal immigrant from Canada.
So my point stands then, in the context of the comment I was referring to lol
Glad to hear. The fact the right was trying to report that this was Paul's secret gay lover fighting over drugs, was disgusting. The level these people will sink to has no end.
If he was in Texas, he would get patroned
You going for tequila or Harry Potter?
Tequila and Harry Potter? That’s a Friday night for my wife.
Does this mean he would become the boss man?
Governor Abbot is already writing up the pardon
Although it's great that this MAGAnut is locked up for a long time, the article is incomplete since it doesn't say what he was convicted of. When it happened, I suggested he be charged with attempted murder and terrorism.
From the NYT:
He was convicted of two federal crimes: attempted kidnapping of a federal officer and assault on an immediate family member of a federal official.
Mr. DePape also faces separate state charges stemming from the attack, including attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon and elder abuse. Jury selection for his state trial is scheduled to begin on May 22.
Thank you. I'm glad for the long sentence, but not for the fact that we're still just ignoring the fascist politics behind such crimes.
Hopefully he enjoys the prison version of hammer time.
I am laughing so hard at this
They’ll certainly touch that!
It’s been a good day for news! Jasmine Crockett absolutely smacked down Marjorie Trailer Queen at a hearing, Bobo got heckled at the Trump trial, and now this?
Drinks on me tonight, everybody! 🍾🥂
If this was Texas or Florida… he would have been pardoned…🤦♂️
Should be life
He attacked the spouse of one of the richest and most powerful people on the planet.
He will never breath free air again. I expect he’ll shoot himself in the back of the head twice in his cell.
Just 30? Should have been life.
He hasn't been tried for attempted murder yet. That will happen in state court soon. This was a federal trial for attempted kidnapping of a federal official and assault of an immediate family member of a federal official. He will be tried for the following in state court: attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon, elder abuse, residential burglary, false imprisonment and threatening the life of or serious bodily harm to a public official.
So this isn't the end and he hasn't even faced the most serious charges yet.
Supposedly, he will do 30 years, but if Trump wins he’ll be pardoned right away.
Here in Wyoming a local guy attacked his wife with a hammer and he didn't even serve the full three years... Three years for attacking someone with a hammer. Gotta love red state "justice"...
He should've been sentenced to a hammer!!! Then 30 years
Justice served
Let's hope he cuts a hit single that Trump can play at his next rally.
Well... play stupid games win stupid prizes.
Has Trump promised to pardon him yet?
Good thing this didn't happen in Texas. Abbot would have pardoned him tomorrow
Alito will fly his upside down flag for sure.
No right winger would both reading. It refutes their claims that it was a lover.
If Trump is elected we can expect Trump to pardon him.
Republicans claim to be ‘tough on crime’ but when criminality and violence furthers their political agenda, they celebrate it.
Rapists just walking free but if you attack an important politician's spouse you're going to jail for life. Okay. I'm glad this guy got convicted, he's guilty as shit. But man this just screams that we are living in 2 different Americas
They nailed him.
yea, ol' Depape...a candidate for a surprise cranial collision with a 18 ounce striking device, several times...on opposite sides of the cranium...and maybe a couple of strategically administered strikes..then send him back home...in a wheel chair. TBH they wasted money on a trial..he was witnessed in the act...
Neat but when do they punish elmo for his role in it?
Happened October 28, 2022. Mercurial justice by comparison.
If you go after a king you better not miss!
Anyone who didn’t think they would throw the book at this clown is naive.
Dumbass gets what he deserves. MAGAot
MAGAts in shambles.
Good riddance.
How on earth did this take a year and a half?
LOL
The guy was here illegally https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna55441
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Fair sentence. Hope he rots.
Good
30 years seems psychotically insane considering Trump will see no jail time from any of his actions. What an insane world we live in.
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-1 trump voter
Good. Do Trump next.
Get fukt Magas.
This isn’t just in. Hell, a judge is already reviewing it to soften the sentence.
Thanks be to God !
Glad the guy won't be roaming free anymore.
Reminder: political violence is a bipartisan issue https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_baseball_shooting
How about the Gabby Giffords shooting?
Yes that was another one. Sadly these things happen too often.
That guy shot 19 people and killed 6 of them.
True horror.
Hopefully David Depape will be seeing plenty of hammers were he is going. Love hammers on J wing.
I’m not sure why you’re haunting these comments since you clearly are not an American and don’t really even even understand what this is about. Run along.
Looking at the comment history. It might just be an automated karma farming bot with comments generated by chatgpt
Oh yeah. I am not American. Assumed it was pardoning day following on from old De Santis.
Pardon when?
Wow! Way overdone!
Nancy hasn’t discussed the events of that night? How weird. There’s a strange man in your house and you don’t ask questions? Fair enough.
What a strange, off-the-wall takeaway and thing to focus on lol. What kind of questions should she be asking publicly? Just because you didn't hear her publicly speak about the events doesn't mean she never "discussed" it with anyone - like the police, doctors, her family, friends, lawyers. You do understand people can talk privately and publicly, right?
Did you read the article. Shes quoted as not asking her husband anything about it. Shocking lack of interest in someone breaking into your home frankly.
You conveniently left out the context behind why she doesn't talk to her husband about it, but nice try :)
“Paul and I have not discussed the events of that horrible night,” wrote Pelosi. “Paul doesn’t want to undergo revisiting it, and the doctors’ advice is that discussing the vicious assault would only renew his trauma."
Yes, I read the article. Either you didn't, or you purposely left out the rest of the context here It says right in the article she's taking the doctor's advice and not talking to her husband about it. Kinda shows she does care if she's taking a doctor's advice. Not sure how you relate her not wanting to have her husband relive the trauma to her somehow showing a "shocking lack of interest in someone breaking into your home frankly." you can care about someone breaking into your home while also taking doctor's advice.
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Further proof that magats are the absolute bottom of the barrel.
Don't worry the local Governor will be granting him a pardon in about 20 mins. Watch this space.
The governor of California is Gavin Newsom. What an earth are you talking about?
Oh yeah. Not American. Just assumed it would be like that Desantis fella.
Gavin Newsom was born in San Francisco, California. Just quit while you're behind.
I think you mean the Abbott guy. The governor of Texas. DeSantis is the governor of Florida. They are made from the same cookie cutter, so it is not surprising that they are easily confused.
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If he'd have done that in Texas the governor would have pardoned him.