Paul Pelosi, the husband of Nancy Pelosi, was violently assaulted at their home in San Francisco on Friday morning after an assailant broke in and attacked him, the speaker’s office said. The attacker is in custody and Paul Pelosi, 82, is in the hospital, where he is expected to make a full recovery. The motivations for the attack are under investigation, her office said.
Political attacks have been on the rise. Republican Senator Marco Rubio of Florida claimed that one of his supporters was attacked while out canvassing this week. And Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger said he’s received death threats against himself and his family after serving on the committee investigating the January 6th insurrection at the Capitol.
The Pelosis are also millionaires who live in one of the most exclusive neighborhoods in San Francisco in a home worth approximately $6 million. ‘Early this morning, an assailant broke into the Pelosi residence in San Francisco and violently assaulted Mr. Pelosi,’ Pelosi spokesman Drew Hammill said in a statement.
‘The assailant is in custody and the motivation for the attack is under investigation. Mr. Pelosi was taken to the hospital, where he is receiving excellent medical care and is expected to make a full recovery,’ Hammill added.
Pelosi, who has been on the campaign trail for House Democrats, was not in San Francisco at the time. As speaker of the House she has a fulltime security detail with her but her husband would not have federal protection.
‘The Speaker and her family are grateful to the first responders and medical professionals involved, and request privacy at this time,’ Hammill said. More details on the incident were not immediately available.
In January of last year, the Pelosis’ Pacific Heights home was vandalized overnight with a pig’s head surrounded in a pool of red paint, as well as a spray-painted message appearing to allude to the failed $2,000 stimulus checks.
After the January 6th insurrection that saw Donald Trump’s MAGA supporters swarm the Capitol to try and stop the certification of the presidential election, lawmakers were given greater leniency to spend their campaign funds on security.
And threats of physical violence increased. In the five years after Donald Trump was elected president in 2016, the number of recorded threats against members of Congress increased more than tenfold, to 9,625 in 2021, according to figures from the Capitol Police. (SOURCE)
