Man who assaulted Pelosi's husband with hammer was looking for House speaker, source says

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Source: CNN

Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was attacked with a hammer at the couple’s home in San Francisco by a male assailant early Friday morning, law enforcement sources tell CNN.

The assailant who attacked Paul Pelosi was searching for the speaker of the House, according to a source briefed on the attack. The intruder confronted the speaker’s husband in their San Francisco home shouting “Where is Nancy, where is Nancy?” according to the source.

Pelosi, 82, was hospitalized but is expected to make a full recovery, the Democratic speaker’s office said in a statement.

The US Capitol Police released a statement saying that they are assisting the FBI and the San Francisco Police “with a joint investigation” into the break-in at the Pelosi residence in California...

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/28/politics/paul-pelosi-attack/index.html

[Erik the UNred]

1. Ah, yes

Another "patriot."

[AllaN01Bear]

2. political hit.

[comradebillyboy]

3. How is it possible that security at her residence was so lacking.

Was trump's Secret Service detail involved?

[Ocelot II]

7. Her SF house is guarded when she's there, but not when she isn't.

Secret Service doesn't guard members of Congress; that's the responsibility of the Capitol Police.

[Mr. Sparkle]

4. Right wing hate media are to blame.

Their the ones who demonize Nancy 24 hours a day and this wack job acted on it, rather then send the usual vile hate mail

[sakabatou]

5. This is what we guessed.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

6. Another MAGAt

[Bernardo de La Paz]

9. How long after an attack like this before it is okay for a DU member

... to say some conservative politician "has a punchable face haha just making a joke"?

... before someone needs to inject more violence into political discussions?

Or is there already enough political violence going around?

[Aristus]

10. This asshole didn't punch Mr. Pelosi.

He had a hammer.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

11. Exactly.

But it's as if you are telling me punching politicians okay but hammering not. You aren't exactly saying that, where is the line?

Is it okay now to say "so-and-so has a hammerable head just kidding"? People die from punches.

[The Grand Illuminist]

12. Just saying said rwer has "a punchable face" is the problem.

They know nothing will be done. Time to bring the fear to them at any and all extremities.

[live love laugh]

13. Where does McConnell live? Or Desantis? Or any RW filth?

Immigrants dropped at VP Harris’ home; drones over the Obama estate … the RW maliciously targets Democrats over and over.

Where is the provocation? Where is the justification?

It’s not from Democrats.

[JudyM]

14. Locking

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