Donald Trump Jr posts crude memes making light of attack on Paul Pelosi

The former president's son spread an image of a hammer and references to the baseless conspiracy theory about the attacker

In the aftermath of the attack on Paul Pelosi, amid rising concern over rightwing figures stoking violence against political opponents, Donald Trump Jr posted online a crude meme featuring a hammer, the weapon used to attack the husband of the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, on Friday.

OMG," the former president's son wrote next to the picture, which also had the caption Got my Paul Pelosi Halloween costume ready".