The trial has become something of a test of what happens when certain far-out strains of digital-age American radicalism collide with the criminal justice system.
DePape told jurors Tuesday during his rambling and tear-filled testimony that he didn’t target Pelosi to prevent her from serving in Congress. He said his real intent was to reveal a sinister plot.
“I wanted to use her to expose the truth,” DePape said, testifying that he planned to wear a unicorn costume he brought to her home and interrogate Pelosi on camera about what he believes are Democratic plots against former President Trump.
This might be Trump’s biggest con yet: Rile up his followers by lying to them, then when those folks act on those lies, they end up getting treated with kid gloves because of how big the lies are, and how divorced from reality it makes them.
This might be Trump’s biggest con yet: Rile up his followers by lying to them, then when those folks act on those lies, they end up getting treated with kid gloves because of how big the lies are, and how divorced from reality it makes them.