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
Which was violence. we saw violence on january 6th in an effort to overturn free and fair elections through violence. well, look now where we are later. we have seen election denialism first in legislatures and the laws they passed in 2021 and now in the candidates. they are continuing to badmouth democracy. and what are we seeing now? we re seeing armed people stalking dropboxs. so i fear that we re seeing all three of those pieces. and it all goes back to what you said, which was donald trump after 2020 unleashing this on the country. yeah. but you think basically the judges approaches work or there needs to be what we might call a jurisprudential adjustment to make the news more boring than it already might sound? i think we saw in 2020 the courts held. in 2020 we saw the courts. i think the jury is out whether or not that will be the case. but i don t think we can count on it. i think that there is a need for