How Republicans Weaponized Paul Pelosi Attack Ahead of Midterms

 https://www.newsweek.com/how-republicans-weaponized-paul-pelosi-attack-ahead-midterms-1757225

Dr Julie Norman, co-director of the university's Centre on US Politics, told Newsweek: "Many prominent figures, Democrats and Republicans, were quick to condemn the attack on Paul Pelosi. But the fact that this was not ubiquitous across the GOP underscores the dismal state of US politics at the present moment.

"Even the relatively low bar of extending condolences has been replaced by peddling conspiracy theories by some on the right... The fact that the GOP can't or won't take a firm stance against political violence doesn't bode well for the party, or the country."