Kari Lake, the Trump-backed Republican nominee for governor of Arizona, is unfit for office. We've known this for a while, but she just proved that she lacks the empathy gene which should be required to hold office. On Monday, Lake made a joke about the violent assault against Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband on Friday that landed him in the hospital, where he is still recovering from brain surgery.

Do you remember in 2019 when a Trump supporter said the quiet part out loud, saying, "He's (Trump) not hurting the people he needs to be hurting"? That is who Republicans have become. Conservatives want Democrats to hurt and suffer. The GOP has become the party of victimization, so they think they're owed something.

"It is not impossible to protect our kids at school. They act like it is," Lake said at a campaign stop along her "Ask Me Anything" tour.

"Nancy Pelosi — well, she's got protection when she's in D.C. Apparently, her house doesn't have a lot of protection," Lake said, which brought laughter and applause from the crowd.

David DePape, 42, broke into the Pelosis' home, but the House Speaker was out of town. According to court papers, the QAnon Trump cultist planned to take Nancy Pelosi hostage and "break her kneecaps."

Conservatives think that horrific incident is funny.

Former President Donald Trump on Sunday called the attack on Paul Pelosi a "terrible thing." But then he used it for political purposes, tying the incident to Democratic policies on crime. But DePape is a Trump supporter. Meanwhile, Don Jr. posted a thoroughly disgusting tweet about the attack.

These sadistic responses to the attack on Pelosi is who MAGA Republicans are. They are openly mocking an assassination attempt on one of our Democratic leaders. What is their platform?: Let's hurt the right people! There was a time when saying something so awful would put you out of political office for life.

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