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
12. statewide. biden won arizona by 10,000. that s a little bit of context. and again, you see that from someone who happens to have a link to the republican party and donald trump. of course the party i.d. shouldn t make any difference at all. you have to just deal with the facts as they are. and the federal bulletin notes that they believe there are people motivated by election-related grievances who will now view the infrastructure personnel and voters involved in the process as a, quote, attractive targets, including the publicly accessible locations. and it lists off the polling places, et cetera. and they prioritize accessibility to maximum exposure to voters. dhs says this makes people vulnerable to the easy to use weapons. firearms, vehicles, edged weapons, incendiary devices, which have been used in the past. that is the formal language of the united states government, which of course is always careful if not loath to say too many new things going into an