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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(135,808 posts)
Sat Jan 28, 2023, 04:20 PM Jan 2023

Paul Pelosi Attacker Calls In to TV Station to 'Apologize' for Not Going Far Enough

David DePape, the man who allegedly attacked Paul Pelosi with a hammer in October, called in to a California news station on Friday to “apologize” for not going far enough with his attack.

DePape, who allegedly broke into the Pelosi home and attacked the then-House speaker’s husband, told KTVU he had an “important message” to share during a five-and-a-half minute phone call.

He said he attacked Pelosi because “liberty isn’t dying, it’s being killed systematically and deliberately.”

The “people killing it have names and addresses, so I got their names and addresses so I could pay them a little visit . . . have a heart to heart chat about their bad behavior,” said DePape, who faces state charges of attempted murder and elder abuse and federal charges for kidnapping.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/paul-pelosi-attacker-calls-tv-151735374.html

The freedom to beat others over the head with a hammer?

I apologize for using the National Review but right-wing media seems to be the only thing covering this story.

Looks like DePape has probably screwed himself with this call.

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Paul Pelosi Attacker Calls In to TV Station to 'Apologize' for Not Going Far Enough (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2023 OP
Please tell me he called in collect from the payphone at county jail? Hugh_Lebowski Jan 2023 #1
They truly have lost their minds. GreenWave Jan 2023 #2
It seems he was already Screwed with Cha Jan 2023 #3
Pls tell us this winger nut is still in jail. brush Jan 2023 #4
Yes he is... Deuce Jan 2023 #9
Probable long history of untreated mental illness, difficulties Hortensis Jan 2023 #5
This stunt will guarantee he gets a very, very long sentence. mn9driver Jan 2023 #6
Next, a call from little Kyley Rittenhouse... No more tears. keithbvadu2 Jan 2023 #7
They can use that at trial. iemanja Jan 2023 #8
I bet his attorney wants to quit right about now. Lol. nt BlueLucy Jan 2023 #10
 

Hugh_Lebowski

(33,643 posts)
1. Please tell me he called in collect from the payphone at county jail?
Sat Jan 28, 2023, 04:23 PM
Jan 2023

Either way, I bet his lawyer is just delighted ...

GreenWave

(12,644 posts)
2. They truly have lost their minds.
Sat Jan 28, 2023, 04:25 PM
Jan 2023

He is flaunting his guilt like Trump is telling DOJ look at all this sheet I did!

Cha

(319,161 posts)
3. It seems he was already Screwed with
Sat Jan 28, 2023, 04:27 PM
Jan 2023

the Video.. and now he's just adding more evidence for his Conviction.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
5. Probable long history of untreated mental illness, difficulties
Sat Jan 28, 2023, 05:15 PM
Jan 2023

taking care of himself, but worsening.

People who've known and worked with him more recently describe him seeming to deteriorate over the past year and a half as he became increasingly irrational, extremist, and conspiracist. Some feel they should have done more, but he's a quiet guy and they didn't realize how how profound the deterioration was.

He'd had broad L-R swings in beliefs over the years, but more recently increasingly showed the same effects as millions of vulnerable people of predatory RW internet radicalizing far, far outside the norm.

The genuinely horror-story delusions he's been caught up in have now turned him into a violence-prone menace to society, but his social media posts show this was after the predators came for him.

mn9driver

(4,848 posts)
6. This stunt will guarantee he gets a very, very long sentence.
Sat Jan 28, 2023, 05:22 PM
Jan 2023

Last edited Sat Jan 28, 2023, 06:23 PM - Edit history (1)

California has options on sentencing on their charges: 13 years to life. The Feds can sentence him up to 50 years. No doubt they will choose whatever option will keep him put away the longest.

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