Nancy Pelosi Discusses Attack on Husband, Says it Will Influence Retirement Decision
AllSides Summary
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) sat down with CNN for an interview to address the attack on her husband.
Key Quotes: Pelosi said when that Capitol Police knocked on her door to inform her of the attack, "I never thought it would be Paul because, you know, I knew he wouldn’t be out and about, shall we say. And so they came in. At that time, we didn’t even know where he was." Pelosi also said her decision on whether to stay in leadership "will be affected about what happened the last week or two."
For Context: Paul Pelosi was attacked and bludgeoned by a home intruder on Oct. 28 at his San Francisco home, and was hospitalized for roughly a week after undergoing surgery on his fractured skull. Suspect David DePape was charged with attempted murder, assault, and attempted kidnapping. He pleaded not guilty last week. The full interview will air Monday night at 8 p.m. ET on CNN.
How the Media Covered It: Most news sources across the political spectrum covered Pelosi's comments without partisan slant. Some right-rated sources, such as Fox News, also mentioned a report that NBC News (Lean Left bias) had published and retracted last week detailing an anonymous source's account of the Pelosi attack that didn't match the police report.
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Emotional Nancy Pelosi details how she learned about husband’s attack: ‘I never thought it would be Paul'
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., detailed the moment she learned about the brutal attack on her husband, Paul Pelosi, explaining that police woke her in a frenzy with little information on his condition.
"I was sleeping in Washington, D.C. I had just gotten in the night before, from San Francisco," Pelosi told CNN as she started to break down.
"I hear the doorbell ring at, I think, at five-something, I look up and see a five, it must be wrong apartment," Pelosi continued. "It rings again and then bang, bang, bang, bang,...
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‘I never thought it would be Paul’: Nancy Pelosi reveals how she first heard her husband had been attacked
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi revealed how she got the news that her husband, Paul, had been attacked, telling CNN’s Anderson Cooper that she was “very scared” when there was a knock on the door from Capitol Police.
Pelosi said in her first sit-down interview since the attack that she had been asleep in Washington, DC, after getting in the night before from San Francisco when her doorbell rang early in the morning. “I look up, I see it’s 5 [a.m. ET], they must be at the wrong apartment,” she told Cooper...
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House Speaker Pelosi says attack on husband will affect decision on remaining in leadership
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the brutal home invasion attack on her husband last month will affect her decision on whether to remain in the Democratic leadership in Congress.
But Pelosi, D-Calif., who police say was the actual intended target of the man charged in the attack, did not reveal in a new CNN interview whether that means she will leave her leadership post or stay in it.
Pelosi, 82, has been the top House Democrat for two decades.
Pelosi’s comment came as her party is battling to remain in...
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