Paul Pelosi

2022 - 10 - 29

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'Heightened threat': Paul Pelosi assault shines light on normalised ... (The Sydney Morning Herald)

Washington: With 11 days until the midterm elections, a brutal attack on the spouse of US House speaker Nancy Pelosi has brought into the open again the ...

In 2021, 9625 threats were made against members of the House and Senate - the highest number ever recorded. [Farrah Tomazin](/by/farrah-tomazin-hve4c)is the North America correspondent for The Age and Sydney Morning Herald.Connect via “Our elected officials are here to do the business of their cities, their counties, their states and this nation. “There can be no tolerance for violence against public officials or their families. Gonna get your kids.” Nancy….”

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Police offer new details in Paul Pelosi assault (Politico)

San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott confirmed that the intruder was specifically targeting the House speaker. "Everyone should be disgusted," he said.

They discovered DePape and Pelosi struggling for a hammer, and after they instructed them to drop the weapon, Scott said, DePape took the hammer and “violently attacked” Pelosi. He expressed anti-Semitic views and appeared to embrace the QAnon movement, which posits a secret cabal of pedophiles has been protected by people in power. That was consistent with the revelation that the assailant, a 42-year-old Berkeley resident, had asked “Where is Nancy?” before his assault.

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