CNN: David DePape brought a bag of zip ties.

[femmedem]

"The man who is alleged to have attacked Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, with a hammer in the couple’s San Francisco home had with him a bag that contained multiple zip ties, among other things, according to two sources who have been briefed on the incident.

In addition to the zip ties, the suspect also had duct tape on him, according to a law enforcement source.

David DePape, 42, faces charges of attempted homicide, assault with a deadly weapon, elder abuse, burglary and other felonies in relation to the Friday morning attack, said San Francisco Police Chief William Scott.

The hammer that was used to assault Paul Pelosi was brought by DePape, according to a law enforcement source and a senior congressional aide briefed on the assault."

https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/30/politics/pelosi-attack-suspect-david-depape-bag-zip-ties

[Paladin]

1. Zip ties?

How completely and utterly unsurprising.

[femmedem]

3. I'm hoping this will squelch the RWNJ rumours that he was someone Paul brought home for a gay tryst.

But no. What am I thinking? It's not as if the people spreading that rumour are sincere.

[FalloutShelter]

6. Are you kidding?

Next they will say it’s because Paul was into gay bdsm.

They never stop ratfucking.

[femmedem]

7. Elon Musk tweeted a link to an article with that BS.

I'm not going to post the link, though, because I don't want to drive traffic to that site.

[FalloutShelter]

8. That didn't take long.

What an abject POS.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

13. I saw it. He is exhibiting the exact same traits as Maga - find

Some way out unfounded theory and act like it was true. What makes it even worse was that he was responding to the former Secretary of State former Senator former First Lady

[Native]

11. +1

[JohnnyRingo]

35. BDSM with a hammer?

Talk about needing a safe word.

[pnwmom]

15. Of course it won't. It will just add to the salacious, homophobic speculation. nt

[calimary]

39. But scary!

[Botany]

2. And in OH JD Vance is still running campaign spots where Speaker Pelosi's name is used like she ....

... some kind of devil.

Look, I understand that people may disagree with the Speaker's views but she has every right in
the world to say them because she ran and won telling everybody those exact same views. The
right's view of free speech means you can't speak if you disagree with them.

Please everybody turn out and vote and then support the criminal investigations into Trump, his thugs,
the members of the FBI & Secret Service who see their real job is protect and support right wing Christo
Fascism, and all those elected republicans who supported the J-6 coup and all the support they got and
are still getting from Vlad Putin.

BTW JD Vance supports Zelenskyy giving Crimea and the Donbas to Vlad in order to get a peace deal
so do many other repugs too.

[paleotn]

27. They've been doing that for at least a decade or more.

The chickens are coming home to roost as my father would say.

[Botany]

33. I kind of know somebody who knows Speaker Nancy a little and although she is very tough and ...

... skilled at her craft and the word I have heard about Nancy is she kind, gracious, and self effacing
the hate talk from the right is a cancer on America's soul.

BTW I had the radio in my pick em up truck onto a local high power station for information about a
power outage and it was still on that station when I turned it on again and they had this lying asshole
called Buck something saying that people were slow to stand up for the J-6 patriot fighters was because
they were afraid to be called racists. That talk is just evil.

[dalton99a]

4. Kick

[Samrob]

5. Zip ties and duct tape...same that the insurrectionists used on J6. nt

[mzmolly]

9. Doesn't sound like he's legally insane, then.

I hope the POS rots in hell.

[femmedem]

10. Certainly sane enough to premeditate. n/t

[Laura PourMeADrink]

14. Yup. Do you know when Pelosi was scheduled to come home

Before this happened?

[femmedem]

31. No, I don't.

Hi Laura !

[Laura PourMeADrink]

49. Hey femmedem! I guess her schedule is proprietary information

Cuz couldn't find anywhere. I was just curious as to when attacker thought she might show up. But guess attacker would have had to deal with anyone who showed up once he had tied Mr Pelosi up. Could have have been anyone!

[mzmolly]

16. Yes

indeed.

[imavoter]

34. yea, I don't think it's insanity...

but I don't understand what makes people go off the deep end with crazy bs.

The 'where's Nancy', zip ties, and hammer, reek of Jan 6th. Freaking creepy scary.

[uponit7771]

41. +1,

[ffr]

12. SICK!! What voter segment would align with hostage taking murderers?

Going to have to ask that of the RWNJs I know. Are these the people you align your political beliefs with, assassins?

"Then you're SICK TOO!!"

[PCIntern]

17. Perhaps he wanted to bag and tie the family groceries.

Yeah….that’s the ticket

[malaise]

18. So did some of the J6 ReTHUG MAGAts

Hmmmmmmmmm!

[Cha]

19. And, all those Blaming the Victim..

Paul Pelosi, are Stupid Vicious Idiots. looking at you elon musk, you Stupid SOB.

[republianmushroom]

20. Copied not mine wish it had been, it speaks the truth

If David DePape is mentally ill, then that means that every Magat is mentally ill. They all believe the same unbelievable bullshit.

[soldierant]

23. I don't believe perfect mental health exists

any more than perfect physical health does.

[Heather MC]

21. He better get 30 plus years

🤷🏾‍♀️

[Bernardo de La Paz]

22. CNN: "We still can't possibly imagine what the motive might have been." . . . nt

[soldierant]

25. Who on CNN?

They aren't all the same. I would find it hard to believe, for instance, that Jim Acosta said that, but if he did, I definitely want to know it.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

37. This afternoon

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217301665

[soldierant]

47. The CNN link certainly doesn't say that now.

In fact it looks like fairly decent coverage.

[paleotn]

30. Oh, dear god in heaven....

Are they being intentionally obtuse? Or is much of the chattering class really this dumb?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

38. Link

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217301665

[StarryNite]

36. If they're really that stupid they need to find a new line of work.

[calimary]

40. Freakin' Stupid!!!

Willful idiocy by people who definitely know better but are scared of offending some jerks out there - whose cockeyed views of things shouldn’t have anything to do with anything that important.

[FakeNoose]

24. Lots of evidence of premeditation here

This guy needs to be locked up for the rest of his life.

[bullimiami]

26. sick in the head or not. that bastard whacked an 82 yo man in the head with a hammer.

and he was there to kill his 82 yo wife.

[paleotn]

28. De rigueur of fascists nutters everywhere.

[Island Blue]

29. Zip ties

are standard issue in the Right Wing Terrorist Starter Kit.

[femmedem]

32. Yes. I told Mr. Femmedem this is what 21st century civil war looks like. n/t

[uponit7771]

44. right ?!

[Raine]

42. I wonder if he arrived in just his underwear 🤔

carrying a hammer and zip ties. So bizarre, he must be insane.

[femmedem]

45. The police clarified today that he wasn't in his underwear. n/t

[Raine]

46. Thanks, I missed hearing that. 👍 nt

[Aristus]

43. Can they add attempted kidnapping to the list of charges?

What's the over/under on hammerboy bursting into tears on the witness stand and getting acquitted?

[GopherGal]

48. They certainly should charge with attempted kidnapping

I guess I should include the "I am not a lawyer" disclaimer, but...

Based upon watching too many crime TV shows, I would also think that no decent public defender would let any of these MAGA whack-jobs on the stand.