The photo Donald Trump Jr shared across social media (Picture: Twitter)
Donald Trump’s eldest son has been condemned for joking about the hammer attack on US House speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband.
Donald Trump Jnr, 44, shared a tweet posted by someone else, showing a hammer on a pair of underpants and the message: ‘Got my Paul Pelosi Halloween costume ready.’
Mr Pelosi, 82, needed surgery on a skull fracture inflicted by an intruder who broke into his San Francisco home on Friday and beat him after reportedly yelling: ‘Where is Nancy?’
Some Twitter users including its boss Elon Musk then shared a false smear that the victim met his attacker in a gay club. Mrs Pelosi, also 82, was in Washington at the time.
Mr Trump Jnr was criticised online as ‘despicable’ and ‘hideous’. One Twitter user said of the Trumps: ‘Every time I think they have gone as low as humanly possible — they dig a ditch. I cannot stand Trump; but I would be appalled and horrified if someone attacked him and caused him to require life-saving surgery.
Donald Trump Jr. face backlash for sharing someone else’s tweet (Picture: Reuters)
‘They just lack common decency and any shred of empathy. Pathetic.’ Suspected intruder David DePape, 42, is being held in San Francisco on charges including attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon and threatening a public official.
San Francisco police chief William Scott said the attack was not random. According to court papers, DePape said he wanted to hold Mrs Pelosi hostage and ‘break her kneecaps’.
Mr Pelosi is expected to make a full recovery.
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Mr Pelosi, 82, needed surgery on a skull fracture inflicted by an intruder.
