“In the months before police accused him of attacking House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul Pelosi, David DePape had been drifting further into the world of far-right conspiracies, antisemitism and hate,” the Los Angeles Times reports.

“DePape’s daughter, Inti Gonzalez, told The Times that she and her mother were reeling from the news that DePape had been arrested in connection with the attack on Paul Pelosi.”

Said Gonzales: “I’m a little shocked, but not really that shocked, in all honesty.”

“Since the day President Biden took office, Republicans have publicly called for his impeachment, introducing more than a dozen resolutions accusing him and his top officials of high crimes and misdemeanors and running campaign ads and fund-raising appeals vowing to remove the president from office at the first opportunity,” the New York Times reports.

“But in the homestretch of a campaign that has brought the party tantalizingly close to winning control of Congress, top Republicans are seeking to downplay the chances that they will impeach Mr. Biden, distancing themselves from a polarizing issue that could alienate voters just as polls show the midterm elections breaking their way.”

“Still, should he become House speaker, Mr. McCarthy would be under immense pressure from hard-right members of his rank and file — and from core Republican voters who swept his party into the majority in part based on promises to take down Mr. Biden — to impeach. The pressure will only increase if former President Donald J. Trump adds his voice to those pushing for the move.”