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
Danger as we see with the attack on nancy pelosi s husband and numerous other violent incidents. the danger is clearly growing. and i think that s what dhs is responding to. yeah, you say that, max, and it s important because some of the rhetoric is so extreme. and when you talk about the nature of certain conspiracy theories, the talk of satanic, evil, pedophilia conspiracy. it can be hard for someone who s living a normal, shall we say, day-to-day life, going to work, talking to other rational people to fully grasp what i think the authorities are saying, what both of you have pointed out. which is people believe this stuff. a lot of people. and some of them get into radicalization where they then act on it. and that affects all of us. to quote you, max, you re expounding on this for us, you say it s true that by calling out republican extremists democrats risk exacerbating the polarization. but they can t ignore the trend. and it s not democrats who are pushing our country to the