{"id":1719138,"date":"2022-11-01T06:12:02","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T10:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1719138"},"modified":"2022-11-01T06:49:01","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T10:49:01","slug":"washington-post-attempts-to-link-2010-campaign-ad-against-nancy-pelosi-to-assault-of-her-husband","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-post-attempts-to-link-2010-campaign-ad-against-nancy-pelosi-to-assault-of-her-husband\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Post Attempts to Link 2010 Campaign Ad Against Nancy Pelosi to Assault of Her Husband"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwashington-post-attempts-to-link-2010-campaign-ad-against-nancy-pelosi-to-assault-of-her-husband%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1719138&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.10.31-07.52-thepoliticalinsider-63602761bc2c2.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Ashley Parker, a senior national political correspondent for the Washington Post, linked a 2010 campaign ad critical of Nancy Pelosi to the recent assault on her husband.<\/p>\n<p>As many readers know by now, Paul Pelosi was the victim of a <a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/breaking-nancy-pelosis-husband-paul-pelosi-violently-assaulted-in-san-francisco-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">heinous assault<\/a> inside his San Francisco home.<\/p>\n<p>The facts behind the attack remain incredibly sketchy, but that hasn\u2019t kept the media from \u2013 as they often do \u2013 formulating their own narrative that the assailant was motivated by rhetoric from irresponsible Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>Enter Parker, who managed to form a line of reasoning that spanned over a decade and went from point A straight to point Z. And she no doubt believes her thought process was sound and precise.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s see if you can follow it.:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 2010, the GOP launched a Fire Pelosi campaign, w images of her engulfed in flames.\u201d \u2013> \u201cIn 2021, McCarthy joked about hitting her on the head w a gavel.\u201d \u2013> \u201cIn 2022, the GOP spent $40M vilifying her in ads.\u201d \u2013> \u201cAnd on Friday, her husband was attacked w a hammer.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">*In 2010, the GOP launched a Fire Pelosi camapign, w images of her engulfed in flames.<br \/>*In 2021, McCarthy joked about hitting her on the head w a gavel.<br \/>*In 2022, the GOP spent $40M vilifying her in ads.<br \/>*And on Friday, her husband was attacked w a hammer. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uH6oN8o1TT\">https:\/\/t.co\/uH6oN8o1TT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Hit5KR0sZT\">pic.twitter.com\/Hit5KR0sZT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ashley Parker (@AshleyRParker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AshleyRParker\/status\/1586402297151717380?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/breaking-nancy-pelosis-husband-paul-pelosi-violently-assaulted-in-san-francisco-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nancy Pelosi\u2019s Husband, Paul Pelosi, \u2018Violently Assaulted\u2019 in San Francisco Home<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Argument That Paul Pelosi Assault Is Due to 2010 Campaign Ad is Flat-Out Dumb<\/h3>\n<div id=\"subscribe\" class=\"email-signup inarticle\">\n<h4>Support Conservative Voices!<\/h4>\n<h5><strong>Sign up to receive the latest<\/strong> political news, insight, and commentary delivered directly to your inbox.<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>Following that tweet, one can easily imagine Parker pouring over her Google searches to somehow find a link between GOP rhetoric and the assault on Nancy Pelosi\u2019s husband, all the while using an oversized magnifying glass coming out of her trilby hat Inspector Gadget-style.<\/p>\n<p>The column Parker links to, which she helped co-author, points out that a 2010 Republican ad shows Pelosi \u201cengulfed in Hades-style flames,\u201d then pivots to \u201celeven years later.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>First off, what makes flames \u2018Hades-style\u2019 exactly, as opposed to regular flames? Second, Pelosi has been in office since roughly the dawn of time. They couldn\u2019t find something from 20 \u2026 30 years ago to make the link even more ridiculous?<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s the message here? That the \u201cwrong\u201d political party is no longer allowed to campaign against the Speaker of the House?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">1. For the Washington Post, Republicans are the source of all evil. Look at this story and how this sleazy media corporation seeks to exploit the attack on Paul Pelosi. Perhaps of Nancy Pelosi treated her political opponents with respect they\u2019d return the favor.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marklevinshow\/status\/1586391909756719105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As per usual, the amateur hour offered by the Washington Post has drawn a conclusion first, and they are trying to fill in the facts afterward.<\/p>\n<p>Does anybody remember the Gabby Giffords media reaction? Sarah Palin, who once used target graphics over political opponents, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/fact-checker\/wp\/2017\/06\/15\/the-bogus-claim-that-a-map-of-crosshairs-by-sarah-palins-pac-incited-rep-gabby-giffordss-shooting\/?utm_term=.b6e54b22119b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrongfully blamed<\/a> for inciting the mass shooting involving Giffords in Tucson, Arizona in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re running the same playbook.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">even way back in Jan 2011 we knew that Loughlin\u2019s obsession began 3 years before the Palin map.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9nJccuIQnb\">https:\/\/t.co\/9nJccuIQnb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jaketapper\/status\/875176162795950080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 15, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/new-video-shows-nancy-pelosi-threatening-to-punch-trump-if-he-marches-to-the-capitol\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Video Shows Nancy Pelosi Threatening to Punch Trump If He Marches to the Capitol<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Pelosi\u2019s History of Incendiary Rhetoric<\/h3>\n<p>While the accused in the Paul Pelosi attack has apparently had a history of right-leaning conspiracy theory posts on social media, it\u2019s clear he doesn\u2019t exactly fit the mold of somebody who listens to Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>Not many Berkeley <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2022\/10\/29\/who-is-david-depape-paul-pelosi-assault-hammer-qanon-nudist-racism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">resident nudists do<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yet somehow the Washington Post thinks he viewed a campaign ad from 2010 and \u201912 years later\u2019 wound up in Pelosi\u2019s house motivated by its \u201cHades-style flames\u201d?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Police investigating the Paul Pelosi attack continue to state they *do not know the motive.*<\/p>\n<p>Yet liberal \u201cthought leaders\u201d like <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HillaryClinton?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HillaryClinton<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jimmykimmel?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jimmykimmel<\/a> have decreed that not only is the motive known to them, but only insane or malicious people would question them. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/g2mmxLG1KF\">pic.twitter.com\/g2mmxLG1KF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ggreenwald\/status\/1586752747201859586?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 30, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>One things for sure, the media never does this in the reverse. A canvasser for Senator Marco Rubio was violently beaten recently. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was targeted for assassination.<\/p>\n<p>A teenager was <a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/donald-trump-jr-slams-media-for-going-totally-silent-after-teenager-is-killed-for-being-a-republican-extremist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">run over and killed<\/a> by another man who told police that the teen was a \u201cRepublican extremist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Nancy Pelosi\u2019s timeline isn\u2019t poured over by Parker or the Washington Post following such incidents, looking intently for examples where her rhetoric has been over the top.<\/p>\n<p>They don\u2019t link her comments to wanting to \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/new-video-shows-nancy-pelosi-threatening-to-punch-trump-if-he-marches-to-the-capitol\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">punch [Trump] out<\/a>\u201d as a contributing factor when Republicans are the victims.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Now is the time to support and share the sources you trust.<\/strong><br \/>The Political Insider ranks #3 on <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.feedspot.com\/political_blogs\/\">Feedspot\u2019s<\/a> \u201c100 Best Political Blogs and Websites.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ashley Parker, a senior national political correspondent for the Washington Post, linked a 2010 campaign ad critical of Nancy Pelosi to the recent assault on her husband. 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