Pelosi Attacker Testifies: I Was Fan Of Cultist Podcasters

The San Francisco Chronicle reports:

In an unexpected move, the defense in the federal trial of David DePape called DePape to the stand Tuesday morning, and he became emotional as he discussed his conspiracy-theory-driven motives for attacking Paul Pelosi. “When Bush was in office, I thought 9/11 was an inside job,” he said. DePape burst into tears just minutes into the questioning as one of his attorneys asked him how his political views shifted from being more liberal to more right-wing-loony.

DePape testified that he was a fan of YouTube commentators Tim Pool and James Lindsay, and that it was Lindsay who convinced him that there are academics out there trying to poison the nation’s children and indoctrinate them into some sex cult. The logic here is that feminist/queer theorist Gayle Rubin, a professor at the University of Michigan, is a key player in this QAnon-world conspiracy and that he thought that kidnapping and kneecapping Nancy Pelosi, he could lure Rubin to him for punishment.

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David DePape, the man who attacked Paul Pelosi with a hammer, is on the witness stand right now

DePape said he spent most of his free time playing video games while listening to “culture war” podcasts, says he mostly listened to Tim Pool, Jimmy Dore, Glen Beck and James Lindsay

— Dustin Gardiner (@dustingardiner) November 14, 2023

DePape broke down into tears while talking about Trump. He said he initially had an anti-Trump vibe, until he listened to podcasts and learned the media was lying about him

“Everything was a lie coming from the press.”

— Dustin Gardiner (@dustingardiner) November 14, 2023

DePape gives a full list of the targets on his list: an unnamed queer studies professor at the University of Michigan; Nancy Pelosi; Adam Schiff; Tom Hanks; Bill Barr; George Soros; Bernie Sanders; Hunter Biden; and Gavin Newsom.

— Dustin Gardiner (@dustingardiner) November 14, 2023

DePape says he believes that Schiff is engaged in child trafficking and had Anthony Bourdain killed to cover it up.

“It suddenly made sense while he was telling bald-faced lies on the floor of Congress.”

— Dustin Gardiner (@dustingardiner) November 14, 2023

If Nancy Pelosi had been home that night, DePape said he planned to kidnap her and film while he asked her questions about Russiagate

“I wanted to use her to expose the truth.”

— Dustin Gardiner (@dustingardiner) November 14, 2023

DePape said he planned to wear a unicorn costume he brought while he used a body camera to film his interrogation of Nancy Pelosi

He said if Pelosi didn’t admit the truth he would “break her kneecaps.”

— Dustin Gardiner (@dustingardiner) November 14, 2023