In a call described as “chilling and bizarre,” David DePape, the man accused of the hammer attack on Paul Pelosi from last year, phoned into a television station’s newsroom on Friday to say “you’re welcome.”
DePape, 42, called KTVU reporter Amber Lee from San Francisco County jail in California, where he is being held on charges of attempted murder and elder abuse. He has pleaded not guilty.
During the call, DePape deliver a disturbing message “for everyone in America.”
“Now that you all have seen the body cam footage, I have an important message for everyone in America: You’re welcome,” said DePape.
DePape’s call to Lee, the news outlet said, was unexpected. He did not allow Lee to challenge his statements, or ask follow-up questions.
The chilling remarks in a recorded phone interview happens after the release of police body camera footage on Friday.
“Liberty isn’t dying, it’s being killed systematically and deliberately,” DePape said. “The “people killing it have names and addresses, so I got their names and addresses so I could pay them a little visit … have a heart-to-heart chat about their bad behavior.”
“The tree of liberty needs watering, he needs men of valor. Patriots willing to put their own lives on the line to stand in opposition of tyranny,” DePape continued, seeming to issue a bizarre call to action.
During the call, DePape said he wanted to “apologize” for not going further in the attack.
“I want to apologize to everyone. I messed up. What I did was really bad. I’m so sorry I didn’t get more of them. It’s my own fault. No one else is to blame. I should have come better prepared,” he added.
Listen to the audio below:
Paul Pelosi’s Attacker, David DePape, calls into news outlet with his ‘important message for America’:
“You’re welcome.” pic.twitter.com/m3YZ8orcff
— James Dunn 🇺🇸🦅 (@dunnrightpodcst) January 28, 2023
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DePape is a Canadian citizen whose social media history shows he is a troubled man. His posts include obscene re-writes to Disney songs from YouTube, including one titled: ‘Do you want to **** a snowman?’ His post includes the n-word and one titled ‘This is what a dumb b***h looks like. Others were titled: ‘Noah survived the collapse of Atlantis,’ ‘Pedophile normalization,’ ‘Facts are Racist,’ ‘Communist Voodoo science,’ ‘I’m not sexist’ and ‘Feminist gets owned.’
He has also posted long rants about Jesus being the antichrist.
Last fall, an ex-girlfriend of DePape, Gypsy Taub, reported that he suffers from mental issues. She said that for about a year and a half, he lived on the street and was incredibly paranoid. DePape also believed that he was “Jesus for a year.”
Taub oddly contradicted the picture that the media is painting of DePape as a right-wing extremist. She reported that he supported Obama and agreed with her progressive viewpoints. They were both “against the shadow government,” according to Taub.
Sources: 100PercentFedUp, KTVU
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