Right-wingers are trying to turn an assault on an 82-year-old man into a joke.
Donald Trump Jr. mocked the attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband Paul on social media by sharing a “Halloween costume” intended to represent the hammer-wielding intruder.
Trump Jr. shared an image Sunday night showing a hammer lying on top of a pair of Hanes underwear with the comment: “Got my Paul Pelosi Halloween costume ready.”
“The internet remains undefeated … Also if you switch out the hammer for a red feather boa you could be Hunter Biden in an instant,” Trump Jr. wrote.
He also posted a screenshot of the image on his Instagram, racking 88,000 likes. The underwear in his post appears to reflect a debunked rumor that the intruder was in his underwear at the time of the attack.
Paul Pelosi was “violently assaulted” with a hammer in his California home on October 28, according to San Francisco Police Chief William Scott. He suffered a fractured skull and injuries to his right arm and hands and underwent surgery on Friday.
The intruder planned to keep him tied up until the speaker returned home, law enforcement sources told CBS News.
The suspect, who was identified as David Wayne DePape, had a list of people he wanted to target, according to law enforcement sources that spoke with CBS News.
DePape’s social media revealed memes and conspiracy theories he posted about Holocaust denial, COVID vaccines, pedophiles in the government and claims that Democratic officials run child sex rings.
The speaker posted a statement on Twitter saying that her family is “heartbroken and traumatized” by the “life threatening attack” on her husband.
But right-wing personalities on Twitter mocked the attack on Paul Pelosi — with some even spreading falsehoods and amplifying misinformation.
