the state of our politics at this moment. even though some republican leaders have condemned the attack, news has been flooded with a what about and conspiracy theories and disinformation from a whole host of right-winged media figures. all of this happening while he s still in intensive care. and while an active investigation is underway, a little more than an hour ago, federal prosecutors filed two charges, attempting to challenge a federal official. federal officials allege the attacker broke into the home intending to kidnap and hurt speaker pelosi and he came armed with a hammer and brought a rope, white tape, and zip ties. he told paul pelosi, he wanted to speaker to, quote, tell the truth. political reports that the attacker had, quote, inhabited a vifd and resentment-fueled world of conspiracy while living a fringed existence, even by the standards of the san francisco bay area, that he appears to embrace falsehoods about the without outcome of the 2020 election. the
Comments, it s this idea that it emboldens people. the more it begets more. some anti-semitism begets more anti-semitism. and with musk sharing that story about pelosi he was saying like this is a place for that. yeah. and he has a huge platform. and so that was how we saw it. yeah. before i lose you, george, let s go beyond the internet and just give you one swing at anti-semitism in general. i want to pitch a question to you that you can answer for our viewers, thoughtfulness, because it s something your organization works on a lot. what do you say to people who aren t anti-semitic, don t identify that way, but they say gosh, this doesn t seem like the big one, the big deal, there s a lot of different problems with hate and they see in the united states, they feel like there are plenty of jews in visible positions and in part of society, i would say in politics, law, media, culture, and they say gosh, how bad a problem can it be when jews seem