Sorry Media, Pelosi's Attacker Reportedly A Homeless Left-Extremist With A Crazy History
Look I have read tons of articles and watched reports from the media claiming that Paul Pelosi's attacker is a 'right-wing' extremist. Even Biden alluded to as much but according to the New York Post, they couldn't be further from the truth. NYP did some digging and David DePape, 42 is reportedly a homeless drug addict and left-wing nut job.
DePape reportedly attacked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband in their own home. NYP says that after learning that the attacker lived with a nudist, they had to do some digging around to find out more about him.
“What I know about the family is that they’re very radical activists,” said one of DePape’s neighbors, a woman who only gave her first name, Trish. “They seem very left. They are all about the Black Lives Matter movement. Gay pride. But they’re very detached from reality. They have called the cops on several of the neighbors, including us, claiming that we are plotting against them. It’s really weird to see that they are willing to be so aggressive toward somebody else who is also a lefty.”
Not all of the news media missed DePape’s history of drug use, psychosis, and homelessness. CNN reported that a woman named Laura Hayes, who said she worked with DePape 10 years ago making hemp bracelets, said he had been living in a storage shed. “He talks to angels,” she said, and told her that “there will be a hard time coming.”
Another woman, Linda Schneider, told CNN and Bay Area NBC TV affiliate, KRON4, that she got to know DePape around 2014 and that he was still homeless, living in a storage unit, and using hard drugs. “He [was] likely a mindless follower of something he saw on social media because I don’t think he had the courage to be part of any political or terrorist group,” said Schneider. “His drug use began again and he went off his rocker.”
The former life partner of the man accused of violently attacking Paul Pelosi apparently called a news outlet from jail to new details about the suspect.
"Hello this is Gypsy Taub. I am the ex-life partner of David DePape and the mother of his children," said Oxane Taub, calling from the Californian Institution For Women in Corona, California.
Taub -- better known as "Gypsy" -- is a well-known nudist activist who spoke with ABC7 in 2013 at a protest in San Francisco.
"We just wanted to test the waters to see how much the police department respected our first amendment rights," said Taub in 2013. Now she's revealing a longtime relationship with David DePape.
"He is mentally ill. He has been mentally ill for a long time," said Taub, who last year was found guilty on 20 counts, including the attempted abduction of a 14-year-old boy near his Berkeley high school.
This is exactly why we don't jump to conclusions. The media loves to cherry-pick details but we are still waiting on a full report from the police.