America moves further away from democracy in response to the rise of a fanatic GOP espousing lies about the 2020 election, as incidents of political violence become more common.
Attack on the Home of Lawmaker Nancy Pelosi
On October 29th the home of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was invaded by an alleged white nationalist looking for her. This man attacked her husband who was in the home demanding "where is Nancy"? As he attacked Mr. Pelosi.
The Speaker of the House was not at home, but rather in Washington D.C. where she works. Few Republican lawmakers have come out in support of Mrs. Pelosi, in spite of many having been targeted by the crowd on January 6th at the Capitol.
Elon Musk post more false tweets
Adding insult to this event the new owner of Twitter posted a Tweet which endorsed a false conspiracy theory that Nancy Pelosi had died, and this was in fact her "body double" which now takes her place in Congress. This post has since been taken down but is an indication of the support for this type of violence by people at the highest levels in public and government.
Since the end of the 2020 elections and the continued support for Trumps assertion that the elections have been stolen has fed right wing attack on the Democratic Party. Support for these election lies have come from most mainstream Republican leaders, of which few have come out speaking against the spread of such falsehoods.
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