Paul Pelosi, husband of Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic leader in the US House of Representatives, was “violently attacked”, On Friday, October 28, the leader’s spokesperson Drew Hamill announced.
The attacker broke into the couple’s residence in San Francisco at around 2:30 am (local time), police said. New York Times. Obviously looking for Mmyself Pelosi, he would have shouted “Where’s Nancy?” “ before violently beating her husband with a hammer. Mr. Pelosi, 82, was transferred to the hospital, where he is hospitalized“Excellent care”added the spokesperson for M.myself Pelosi in a statement.
Threats against members of Congress are on the rise
The White House condemned the attack and claimed that US President Joe Biden had spoken with Mmyself Hairy in the morning. “The President prays for the whole family of Paul Pelosi and President Pelosi”its spokesperson, Karine Jean-Pierre, said in a press release.
The motives of the suspect, who was arrested, are the subject of an investigation involving the Federal Police (FBI) and the Capitol Police, charged with protecting members of Congress.
Less than two weeks before the mid-term elections, several elected American officials warned against the renewed violence targeting them. According to the Capitol police, threats against them have more than doubled since 2017.
