Paul Pelosi, husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, attacked at home

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Source: CNN

Paul Pelosi, husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, attacked at home

By Karl de Vries, CNN
Updated 8:48 AM EDT, Fri October 28, 2022

Washington (CNN) -- Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was attacked at the couple's home in San Francisco early Friday morning, the Democratic speaker's office said in a statement. He is expected to make a full recovery.

Drew Hammill, a spokesman for Nancy Pelosi, said the assailant is in custody and a motive is being investigated. The speaker was not in San Francisco at the time.

This story is breaking and will be updated.

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

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Hat tip, the CBS radio news at 9:00 a.m. EDT

There's an earlier thread, which I didn't see, in GD.

Speaker Pelosi's office says that Pelosi's husband, Paul, was "violently assaulted" in their home

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217293404

[milestogo]

1. Holy shit.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

2. Statement from family

Link to tweet

[Cyrano]

17. Front page story on the NY Times. It made me sick.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/28/us/politics/nancy-pelosi-husband-assaulted.html

Okay, perhaps it wasn't politically motivated. Perhaps it was some guy looking for food. Perhaps it was a mentally unbalanced man who didn't like the color the house was painted. Perhaps it was someone searching for his Unicorn.

But the most plausible explanation is that it was some MAGA/NAZI looking to harm or kill Nancy Pelosi. Only her husband was home, so he was the one who was attacked.

Yeah, there's a lot more to come. But if his reason turns out to be political, he should be jailed for the maximum to turn away other would-be attackers.

[COL Mustard]

31. Mr. Pelosi was apparently attacked with a hammer

Who wants to beat up on an 82 year old man (or woman, for that matter) with a HAMMER?

[mahatmakanejeeves]

3. Nancy Pelosi's husband 'violently assaulted' at San Francisco home, suspect in custody

Warning: annoying autoplay video commercial.

Nancy Pelosi's husband 'violently assaulted' at San Francisco home, suspect in custody

Paul Pelosi "is expected to make a full recovery."

By Emily Shapiro
October 28, 2022, 8:58 AM

Paul Pelosi, husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was "violently assaulted" by someone who broke into his San Francisco home early Friday, according to her spokesperson.

The suspect is in custody, her spokesperson, Drew Hammill, said in a statement.

Paul Pelosi is in the hospital and "is expected to make a full recovery," Hammill said.

{snip}

This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.

[yankee87]

57. Right Wing already denying it

I took the hit and went on Free Republic; they are saying this was staged and was for votes. Like been stated many times, right wing terrorism is the biggest threat to the country.

Vote!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jimfields33]

4. Break ins are happening more often.

People are desperate looking for anything to trade for money for food.

[Delphinus]

5. I've a feeling

this was a targeted break-in.

[jimfields33]

6. Could be but are there MAGAs in San Francisco?

[Zambero]

8. SF does indeed have RWNJ's

A small minority, but they do exist there, as well as in Berkeley and everywhere else for that matter.

[jimfields33]

12. That's incredible.

[Wednesdays]

10. They do exist.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/MAGA-hat-wearing-swordman-in-SF-arrested-13742594.php

[BumRushDaShow]

20. There are some there in the area stoked for years by ilk like Michael Savage

whose latest radio show was finally jettisoned from OTA broadcast last year.

He had made San Francisco his "flaghship" location, basically shit-talking for years from there, and it was syndicated and at one time had been a part of the RW media's 2nd-tier vomit talker lineups along with people like Hugh Hewitt, Dennis Prager, Mike Gallagher, William Bennett, Neil Boortz etc.

[MLAA]

22. They exist everywhere, just a matter of how many in each city.

[Tommy Carcetti]

26. No, there are no MAGAs in San Francisco. Not a single one.

The entire city is completely MAGA free.

815,000 people and nary a Trump supporter among them.

Zero.

To think that any of them could be crazy right wingers is just impossible.

If you're told anything otherwise, you're being lied to.

[llashram]

27. you're serious

or is it sarcasm?

[Tommy Carcetti]

28. ..............

The idea that a perceived blue hot spot is magically devoid of right wingers is as ludicrous as thinking there are no Democrats living in Alabama or Mississippi.

[llashram]

29. there aren't

in any of those...especially Florida

[Rebl2]

23. Yep

Same here. Probably hoping to find Congresswomen Pelosi.

[wnylib]

33. Or deliberately targeting her husband

as a means to intimidate her

[Polybius]

43. Had she been home, the attacker would have been shot dead

She has armed security, as do all House and Senate leadership positions. A damn shame there was no armed guard in the house.

[Zambero]

7. This is what Nazis do

Democracy is a joke to them. Intimidation, scapegoating, and unprovoked violence are the means by which they intend to gain and keep power. Fortunately, the assailant was apprehended. I wish Mr. Pelosi a quick recovery from any injuries sustained in this senseless attack.

[The Grand Illuminist]

37. They do this because they know.....

Not one Democrat civilian will do anything about it.

[walkingman]

9. I really glad that I am retired and can mostly isolate myself from this dystopian world

that has become our normal. I feel for young people these days - what a freaking world we have left them.

[Walleye]

16. I have been feeling the same way

[no_hypocrisy]

13. Mr. Pelosi wasn't the intended target.

[niyad]

14. Exactly.

[Demsrule86]

38. Was Nancy the intended target? It this an assassination attempt...I hope she and her kids have

protection.

[Polybius]

42. Nancy Pelosi has protection

Anyone with a House leadership position has 24 hour armed protection. Steve Scalise had it when he was shot, and his attacker was quickly neutralized.

[Xoan]

25. Who was?

[ShazzieB]

35. 🤔

[Demsrule86]

39. Probably Nancy or maybe her daughter who did the video on January 6th.

[MiHale]

15. And so it begins...

Targeted intimidation…if only to say “we can get you anywhere”.

[truthisfreedom]

18. FUCKING TRUMPERS

Lock them up.

[The Grand Illuminist]

36. Not good enough

nt

[mahatmakanejeeves]

19. Just because they're so hated at DU, here is a link to the story at Fox News:

You've been told what this is, and if you don't like it, you don't have to look at it.

They're treating this as a straight news story.

NANCY PELOSI • Published October 28, 2022 9:12am EDT

Nancy Pelosi's husband, Paul, 'violently assaulted' in home invasion, spokesman says

Pelosi spokesperson says 'assailant is in custody,' motivation for San Francisco break-in under investigation

{snip}

[maxsolomon]

30. As one would expect.

They fan the flames, but won't take credit.

[COL Mustard]

32. OK, I went there

Now I need a shower. See you on Monday when I get out!

[Demsrule86]

40. It does not say what the motivation was...and surely this story is somewhere else besides Fox.

[colsohlibgal]

24. Here We Go

This would have been distressing before but now it’s part of a pattern that is alarming. Right now we are re-enacting Germany in the 30s. This could go either way going forward.

We have always had a Nazi element in our country but in this social media era they can find each other and bring in others.

Hope I never get forced to do it but again, feel fortunate I’m in Central Ohio, less than 3 hours from Ontario. If push comes to shove might take advantage of that. Never ever thought we’d get where we are now but here we are.

[Ford_Prefect]

34. Just a small reminder that there are motivated people who regularly

attempt to break into the White House. They have been doing so for a number of years under several administrations.

The important point is that none of them were from the neighboring area. Several traveled quite far and for some time to arrive there. In these times would be a grievous error to assume that the attack was by a street person looking for food or anything like that.

I've witnessed some vile things said in broad daylight at the grocery store or in a restaurant which indicated serious anger aimed at Nancy Pelosi. These were not offhand attitudes but an ingrained belief that she personally was worthy of the threats we have heard from the Jan. 6 invaders. They were expressed at length and articulated with considerable passion given the public settings in which I heard them.

[Polybius]

41. There is no armed guard at their residence?

Was anyone else home?

[riversedge]

45. CNN: " With Speaker Pelosi away, there would not have been a security detail at the residence, accor

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

......... The assailant entered the Pelosi residence through the back of the house, according two sources familiar with the early details of the incident.

With Speaker Pelosi away, there would not have been a security detail at the residence, according to one source familiar with protocol. .....................

[riversedge]

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

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



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

By Whitney Wild, John Miller, Clare Foran and Jamie Gangel, CNN
Updated 12:15 PM EDT, Fri October 28, 2022


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.

[Yavin4]

46. Violence is now a part of our politics

This is the inevitable result of letting someone like Trump bulldoze his way through our laws, norms, and customs.

[Jedi Guy]

47. The attacker was "waiting for Nancy," apparently.

So he's clearly a member of Antifa. That's the only explanation that makes sense and fits the facts, people.

[ZZenith]

48. You might want to add the "/s" sarcasm indicator to your post.

[RandiFan1290]

49. I bet they wont.

Obvious is obvious

[Jedi Guy]

52. You are correct.

Sometimes things are so obvious there's no need. This is one of those times.

[ZZenith]

53. Except your post was sent to a jury.

[Jedi Guy]

54. In that case, I don't know what to tell you.

I thought it was plain as day from the tone of the post that it was sarcasm, particularly the bit at the end. Why anyone would take that post seriously is beyond me, but here we are.

[ZZenith]

55. Indeed.

I know it’s ridiculous but, as you say, here we are. People are generally on edge and this episode is especially horrifying.

[Jedi Guy]

56. I'd understand if circumstances were different.

By which I mean if it was a new poster with like 10 posts. But good grief, it was clearly a snarky reference to the GOP blaming Antifa for 1/6. That was laughable, but what do you want to bet they'll try it again? That's what I was getting at. Well, live and learn, I suppose.

[ZZenith]

58. I completely sympathize.

We are in the “Post-Irony Age” because things have become so absurd and dysfunctional it seems that even obvious sarcasm needs a disclaimer.

I value your contributions and don’t want to see them removed, the only reason I mentioned it.

[Jedi Guy]

51. C'mon now. Does that really need a sarcasm tag?

I'd be willing to bet every penny to my name that this fellow owns a red hat emblazoned with a certain someone's favorite slogan.

Sometimes things are so obvious they don't need to be spelled out.

[clementine613]

50. EVERY Rethug is responsible for this.

They created the environment. They need to be held responsible - with jail terms.

[JudyM]

60. Kicking

[Bengus81]

61. Pre-meditated attempted murder.

Lock that Trump humper up and toss the key..............

[niyad]

62. . . .

[mahatmakanejeeves]

63. Only in San Francisco is the COVID-denialist Holocaust-denying pizzagate-believing groomer-shouting

Only in San Francisco is the COVID-denialist Holocaust-denying pizzagate-believing groomer-shouting racist also a hemp-jewelry-making nudist.

Link to tweet