In 2022, Paul Pelosi was assaulted and nearly killed at his San Francisco home. The 82-year-old husband of then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi was sleeping when an intruder smashed his way into their house and fractured his skull with a hammer. Paul Pelosi woke up in a pool of his own blood.

I've been thinking about this episode since the death of Charlie Kirk, which has sparked a wave of GOP attacks against people who allegedly made light of Kirk's murder. Teachers, professors, pilots, medical professionals and — most recently — late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel have been fired or suspended for their comments about Kirk.

But Republicans — including Charlie Kirk — mocked the attack on Paul Pelosi, too. And now they want to penalize the same kinds of remarks they made.

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