SAN FRANCISCO: The husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was attacked and severely beaten with a hammer by an assailant who broke into the couple's San Francisco home early Friday, searching for the Democratic leader and shouting, 'Where is Nancy, where is Nancy'
The assault on the 82-year-old Paul Pelosi injected new uneasiness into the nation's already toxic political climate, just 11 days before the midterm elections. It carried chilling echoes of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol, when rioters chanted menacingly for the speaker as they rampaged through the halls trying to halt certification of Joe Biden's victory over Donald Trump.
VICTIM OF VIOLENCE In this file photo, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and her husband, Paul Pelosi, arrive at the State Department for the Kennedy Center Honors State Department Dinner, Dec. 7, 2019, in Washington. Pelosi’s husband was "violently assaulted by an assailant who broke into their San Francisco home early Friday, Oct. 28, 2022 (Saturday in Manila) and he is now in the hospital and expected to make a full recovery, said her spokesman, Drew Hammill. PHOTO BY AP
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