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Paul Pelosi, husband of Nancy Pelosi, leader of the Democrats in the American Congress, was the victim of an attack on the night of Thursday 27 to Friday 28 October. The man, armed with a hammer, was looking for the political leader. An event that worries across the Atlantic.
A man broke into the Pelosi home in San Francisco (United States) on the night of Thursday October 27 to Friday October 28, shouting “Where is Nancy?”. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, was absent. The man assaulted her husband, 82-year-old Paul Pelosi. “Our officers saw Mr. Pelosi and the suspect each with one hand on the same hammer. The suspect pulled the hammer away from Mr. Pelosi and violently assaulted him with it. Our officers immediately tackled the suspect, disarmed him and took him into custody.”, relates William Scott, chief of police of San Francisco.
The suspect multiplied conspiratorial posts on social networks. This is not the first time that Nancy Pelosi has been the target of conspirators. When storming the Capitol in 2021, the crowd was looking for the Democrat close to Joe Biden.
The attack comes ten days before the mid-term elections where she is a candidate. Joe Biden condemned the assault, calling it “despicable”. Paul Pelosi has a skull fracture, but his life is not in danger.
According to Capitol Police, threats against members of Congress have more than doubled since 2017, when Donald Trump was inaugurated.