Media Rush to Assign Blame after Attack on Paul Pelosi

The media have been quick to assign blame after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband was violently attacked in the couple’s San Francisco home last week. According to the attacker’s now-imprisoned former girlfriend, he is a mentally ill drug addict who believed for a time that he was Jesus Christ. But for much of the media, the obvious role that addiction and mental illness played in the tragic attack is secondary to the real cause: Republicans and their extreme rhetoric.

A man broke into the couple’s home early Friday morning and attacked...