GOP Spreads Baseless Claims About Pelosi Attack

New York Times: “In the days since Paul Pelosi, the 82-year-old husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was attacked by an intruder asking, ‘Where is Nancy?’, a litany of Republicans and conservatives have spread baseless conspiracy theories about the assault and its motives.”

“Although the police have not yet detailed all the circumstances of the crime, these theories have already seeped into the Republican mainstream. While many Republican officials have denounced the violence, others have at the very least tolerated, and in some cases cheered, a violent assault on the spouse of a political rival.”