What Republican Officials Have Said About the Violent Attack on Paul Pelosi
Violence In America,Paul Pelosi,Facts And Fact Checking
Many Republicans have condemned or spoken out against the violent assault on Paul Pelosi, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s 82-year-old husband, who was knocked unconscious by an intruder at the couple’s San Francisco home the morning of Oct. 28.
Local police identified the attacker as David DePape, 42, of Richmond, California. Law enforcement say he broke into the house, armed with a hammer, looking for the Democratic congresswoman, who was not in the city at the time.
However, while speaking at a Nov. 1 campaign event for the Democratic gubernatorial candidate in Florida, President Joe Biden said that “nobody on that party,” meaning Republicans, “condemns” the attack on Paul Pelosi “for exactly what it is.”
Biden appeared to be reiterating a point he made a few days earlier about a perceived reluctance by Republican lawmakers and officials to push back on conspiracy theories espoused by some members of their party — theories that news reports suggest may have motivated the attack.
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