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OMFG!!! f'ing MAGA bastards.
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.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/28/politics/paul-pelosi-attack/index.html
JohnSJ
(97,000 posts)Demsrule86
(71,036 posts)have put a target on her back and on every Democrat.
GreenWave
(9,735 posts)Demsrule86
(71,036 posts)JohnSJ
(97,000 posts)pidge
(274 posts)Demsrule86
(71,036 posts)was able to set it off...he would have killed Mr. Pelosi. I think the cops must have interrupted him.
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oswaldactedalone
(3,557 posts)POS terrorist. Fuck you and all MAGAts everywhere.
Demsrule86
(71,036 posts)to kill him no doubt. The cops arrived in time. That is why they caught him. This was an assassination attempt. This was the second time. January 6th was the first.
LakeArenal
(29,899 posts)Demsrule86
(71,036 posts)LakeArenal
(29,899 posts)Conspiracy after conspiracy. Aren’t folks tired of it? Nov. can’t come soon enough.
Demsrule86
(71,036 posts)LakeArenal
(29,899 posts)Then they were never that undecided.
ChazII
(6,328 posts)should receive protection of the secret service no matter which party controls the house, imho. For some reason I thought she was receiving protection. I am glad to read that Mr. Pelosi is expected to make a full recovery.
Demsrule86
(71,036 posts)Polybius
(18,800 posts)Unfortunately, it doesn't extend to her family.
Nictuku
(3,976 posts)Did Paul make a citizen's arrest? Do they have security? Just curious as to how the guy didn't get away (glad he didn't)
Demsrule86
(71,036 posts)911 call and stopped the guy...I have no inside knowledge. It just seems logical.