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
Cruz retweeted conspiracy theories about the attack. we re not going to share them, and it s worth noting, he s not alone. cruz was part of a wave of folks that responded to the news of the attack with disinformation and conspiracy theories that includes one of the world s richest men and now the owner of twitter, elon musk. from the washington post, quote, elon musk and a wide range of right-winged personalities imply if ied misinformation about last week s violent assault on paul pelosi to their millions of followers. a form devoted to the right-wing radio show alerted its 78,000 subscribers to very strange new details on paul pelosi attack. roger stone took to the fast-growing messaging app, telegram the call the assault on her husband, quote, an alleged