{"id":504885,"date":"2022-10-30T02:07:48","date_gmt":"2022-10-29T23:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/gop-gives-mixed-messages-on-paul-pelosi-attack\/"},"modified":"2022-10-30T02:07:48","modified_gmt":"2022-10-29T23:07:48","slug":"gop-gives-mixed-messages-on-paul-pelosi-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/gop-gives-mixed-messages-on-paul-pelosi-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"#GOP gives mixed messages on Paul Pelosi attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3dbe2793a57\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3dbe2793a57\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/gop-gives-mixed-messages-on-paul-pelosi-attack\/#GOP_gives_mixed_messages_on_Paul_Pelosi_attack\" >GOP gives mixed messages on Paul Pelosi attack<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"GOP_gives_mixed_messages_on_Paul_Pelosi_attack\"><\/span>GOP gives mixed messages on Paul Pelosi attack<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/mcconnellmitch_trumpdonald_mccarthykevin_033022arlupign_lead.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Republicans have responded to the recent attack on Paul Pelosi, the husband of Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), with a mix of messages, some of which have prompted sharp criticism from Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>Many in the GOP, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) and former Vice President Mike Pence, have vocally condemned the attack.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Former President Trump has opted, in contrast, to remain silent, while responses from several other Republicans have attracted criticism from Democrats for <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>arently using the situation to advance a political message.<\/p>\n<p>Paul Pelosi was attacked by an intruder in the Pelosis\u2019 San Francisco home early Friday morning. Before assaulting Pelosi with a hammer, the\u00a0intruder reportedly shouted, \u201cWhere is Nancy? Where is Nancy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the Speaker said Friday that her 82-year-old husband\u00a0underwent surgery\u00a0to repair a skull fracture and injuries to his right arm and hands and is expected to make a full recovery from the attack.<\/p>\n<p>McConnell was quick to respond after <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> broke of the attack, saying he was\u00a0\u201chorrified and disgusted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pence also came out strongly against the assault,\u00a0calling it an \u201coutrage.\u201d Other party leaders, including House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (La.), who was shot during an attack at a congressional baseball practice in 2017, have similarly spoken against the violence.<\/p>\n<p>However,\u00a0Trump has remained silent\u00a0on the issue, even as he has continued to frequently post on his <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> platform Truth Social about everything from the midterm elections to the Mar-a-Lago documents lawsuit to the late singer Jerry Lee Lewis.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) also avoided making any public statements about the attack in the hours after the news broke, though his spokesman told The Hill on Friday that the congressman had reached out to the Speaker to check on her husband and was praying for his recovery.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy\u2019s lack of a public response led\u00a0Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) to slam him on Twitter\u00a0on Saturday for doing \u201cnothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Later Saturday, McCarthy addressed the attack in an interview on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5ySZ0oIguI&amp;t=428s\">Breitbart radio<\/a>, calling it \u201cwrong\u201d and condemning political violence.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve watched this with Lee Zeldin, we\u2019ve watched this with Supreme Court justices, this is wrong \u2014 violence should not go. You watch what happened to Steve Scalise and others. This has got to stop,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond the top rungs of the Republican Party, the response to the attack was varied.<\/p>\n<p>While some Trump allies \u2014 like Reps. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.), Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) and Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) \u2014 followed the former president\u2019s lead and remained largely quiet on the incident, others spoke out against the attack and against political violence more broadly.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) called the attack on Paul Pelosi \u201chorrific\u201d and said he was praying for the entire Pelosi family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can have our political differences, but violence is always wrong &amp; unacceptable,\u201d Cruz wrote on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said in a tweet that he was \u201cvery upset\u201d to hear about the attack.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is despicable and we are all grateful that Paul is expected to fully recover,\u201d Graham said. \u201cIn America violence is never the answer for any grievance and every American should always be safe in their own home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Still others, while speaking against the attack, also used the moment to raise criticisms aimed at Democrats or, in Sen. Rand Paul\u2019s (R-Ky.) case, to bring up a prior dispute with the Speaker\u2019s daughter.<\/p>\n<p>When Paul was physically attacked by a neighbor in 2017, Christine Pelosi tweeted that his \u201cneighbor was right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one deserves to be assaulted. Unlike Nancy Pelosi\u2019s daughter who celebrated my assault, I condemn this attack and wish Mr. Pelosi a speedy recovery,\u201d Paul wrote on Twitter, a remark that was met with fierce backlash.<\/p>\n<p>Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) was also criticized for his comment on the attack after saying during a campaign rally, \u201cThere\u2019s no room for violence anywhere, but we\u2019re going to send her back to be with him in California.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) triggered an irate response from one of her Democratic colleagues after using her response to the attack to push back on Democrats on crime.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Greene said she was praying for Pelosi on Friday, but also responded by tweeting that \u201cviolence and crime are rampant in Joe Biden\u2019s America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt shouldn\u2019t happen to Paul Pelosi. It shouldn\u2019t happen to innocent Americans. It shouldn\u2019t happen to me,\u201d Greene said.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) turned the blame back on Greene herself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYOU called for Nancy Pelosi to be executed, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMTG\">@RepMTG<\/a>. YOU said she should be hung for treason,\u201d he tweeted. \u201cAnd now that someone listened, you\u2019re making Paul Pelosi\u2019s attack about YOU. This is what Republicans stand for, America. It\u2019s sick.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr6_ab\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Other Democrats similarly connected Republican rhetoric with the attack and a wider environment of political violence.<\/p>\n<p>In a speech to Pennsylvania Democrats on Friday, President Biden tied the \u201cdespicable\u201d assault on Paul Pelosi to lies spread by Trump and other Republicans, including the baseless claim that the 2020 election was stolen from the former president.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat makes us think that one party can talk about stolen elections, COVID being a hoax, that it\u2019s all a bunch of lies, and it not affect people who may not be so well balanced,\u201d Biden said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat makes us think that it\u2019s not going to corrode the political climate? Enough is enough is enough. Every person of good con<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a> needs to clearly and unambiguously stand up against violence in our politics, no matter what your politics are,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr7_ab\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Condemning the GOP response to the attack, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) pointed back at the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection and shared a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2022-10-28\/pelosi-attack-suspect-david-depape-shared-conspiracy-theories\">Los Angeles Times article<\/a> reporting that Paul Pelosi\u2019s assailant had been involved in spreading far-right conspiracies online.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA far right white nationalist tried to assassinate the Speaker of the House and almost killed her husband a year after violent insurrectionists tried to find her and kill her in the Capitol,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IlhanMN\/status\/1586352697107783680\">she said<\/a>. \u201cAnd the Republican Party\u2019s response is to either ignore it or belittle it.\u201d\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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