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Re: Just for context, Elon Musk tweeted:

What's wrong with the DNC funding fact checkers? It shows they care about the truth and that Republicans are the ones who profit from misinformation.

If they cared about the truth, they'd focus on the facts and not create conspiracies of their own. So in <48hrs the case went from being a violent assault to a left-wing conspiracy linking a violent far-right extremist to Jan 6th.

Actual facts seem to be that Pelosi was violently assaulted with a hammer by a suspect who's now in custody. Assault was witnessed by police, who would have had the opportunity to record some of the events via their bodycams. Pelosi required surgery for a fractured skull, which is not something anyone should wish on another person.

Then it got politicised.

So attacker allegedly said 'Where's Nancy?', which politicians jumped on to make a tenuous connection to Jan 6th. Attacker was inside Nancy's house, with unknown intent. If the attacker was looking for Nancy, asking where she was seems reasonable. We have no idea what the person's motivations were though. Initial reports seemed a little confused, ie both men holding a hammer. That got clarified to a struggle over a single hammer. Both men may have been in their underpants, one may not. The attacker broke in via a rear door, or the police did. There's glass on the outside, but maybe it was a claw hammer and whoever broke the glass used the claw to pull glass and one of the bars out.

The attacker was an illegal immigrant with a long arrest record, and history of drug abuse. That seems sadly typical for criminals in SF and other American cities. They lived in a trendy part of SF with trendy symbology, so BLM & Pride flags, and a 'social' media footprint that seems to lean more to the left than the right. But the far-left seem to be certain the attacker was probably a Republican. Or an extremist, which in the current political climate is much the same thing.

Or, as the attacker was an illegal immigrant, known to the authorities, he could have been deported back to Canada. But SF is a 'sanctuary city'. Interviews by some journalists seem to show the attacker was violent, abusive and psychotic. Just as many criminals in the US are, and who go untreated or unpunished. This one seems to be having the book thrown at them with a long list of charges. Other criminals who've committed violent assaults, including against politicians have been put back on the streets with cashless bail. Some politicians are arguing that violent offenders shouldn't be locked up, or should be released. Unsuprisingly, if criminals have no fear of punishment, they keep doing crime.

So I think it's disgraceful that people are making this political, rather than focusing on the actual crime. Nutjob attacks old guy, seriously injuring them. There's also the media pressure. There's lots of CCTV around the house, and the bodycams. So there's probably evidence showing how the attacker gained entry, and what happened when the police arrived. But there are also security and privacy concerns because Nancy is currently 3rd in line to the throne. The police also need time to conduct a thorough investigation, and prepare a case for SF's DA, who might actually prosecute this one. Criminals who've assaulted Republicans don't seem to get the same treatment, even though justice is supposed to be applied equally.

But sadly, political violence does seem to be on the increase, and some politicians do seem to be encouraging it. So rather than 'healing divides', some seem intent on widening them. It does raise questions around politicians security arrangements though, especially after claims that someone graffitted the Pelosi's garage and left a pigs head at that property. That does seem pretty exposed, but one of the oddities is whether it had sufficient security, ie armoured glass, break-glass alarms, panic buttons etc, and if it did, if those were in use. Police response seemed quick, but then it is a posh part of SF. Response times are much lower in other parts of town. Or if people are unlucky enough to live in Illinois, they're getting a new 'crime reduction' policy where police won't attend to deal with intruders.