Donald Trump, Alex Jones and their allies have hurtled America into a black hole of disinformation where there’s no light or right or up or down, and Elon Musk seems to think we’ve got to plunge ourselves still deeper in. Latest case in point: Even as a crystal-clear Department of Justice complaint reveals what David Wayne DePape sought to do to Nancy and Paul Pelosi and why, right-wing mischief-makers successfully spread lies blaming the victim.
The criminal complaint filed over the weekend in federal court includes admissions direct from DePape that he broke into the house. That he sought to hold Nancy hostage — to get “the truth,” or break her kneecaps if she lied. That after Paul managed to call 911, “DePape explained that he did not leave...because, much like the American founding fathers with the British, he was fighting against tyranny without the option of surrender.” And DePape was up to his eyeballs in unhinged online conspiracy theories.
Even as these unassailable facts entered the American bloodstream, the simultaneous injection of narcotic nonsense prevented them from being absorbed by millions.
