House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s daughter, Alexandra Pelosi, said the Republican Party’s demonization of her mother led to an “inevitable” attack on her father, Paul Pelosi, in late October.
In an interview with CNN that aired Tuesday, Pelosi pointed to the “hundreds of millions of dollars in ads” spent by Republicans over the years to smear the powerful Democratic lawmaker, saying she put a “target” on the Pelosi family’s back.
His daughter said conservatives who allegedly mocked her father after the attack were “unforgivable” and one of the reasons his “faith in humanity” was “destroyed”.
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Nancy Pelosi’s daughter Alexandra discussed the attack on her father Paul in a recent interview with CNN.
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On Tuesday, “CNN This Morning” host Don Lemon aired a portion of his pre-recorded interview with Pelosi in which they discussed her new HBO documentary Pelosi In The House about her mother’s political career.
While the most important parts of their discussion revolved around the elephant in the room, the attack on her father, Paul Pelosi, at his San Francisco home left him seriously injured.
As reported in October, “House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul, was attacked with a hammer by an assailant identified by police as David DePape early Friday morning at his San Francisco home.”
According to a law enforcement source, DePape yelled, “Where’s Nancy, where’s Nancy?” was looking for the Speaker of the House of Representatives shouting. during the event. Pelosi suffered blunt force injuries to her head and body, including a fractured skull.
During the interview, Pelosi told Lemon that her family was deeply affected by the incident, saying, “We’re still living with it every day.” He told how he “didn’t sleep at night” after the attack.
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Paul Pelosi Jr. speaks with FBI investigators outside the home of his parents, Nancy and Paul Pelosi, Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. Her father, Paul, was the victim of a domestic violence attack this morning.
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He added: “You have to understand that an 82-year-old man is sleeping in his own bed and is being attacked in his own home. I don’t care what you vote for. Political affiliation, it’s a big deal either way. It doesn’t fit, so it’s hard to come to terms with it in your head.”
Pelosi later said the attack was “inevitable” after years of GOP political attacks on her mother. She said, “It just happened. It was so inevitable. When you think about the hundreds of millions of dollars the Republicans spent to demonize my mother. I used to joke with my father, ‘He changed our last name. curse word. This is what we joked about twenty years ago.”
Pelosi added, “Our whole family has had a target on our backs for a while,” noting how “traumatizing” the incident was for her mother.
The conversation then turned to conservatives’ response to the attack. Pelosi mentioned how all of this has “destroyed her faith in humanity.”
Paul Pelosi was allegedly attacked by a man looking for his wife, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
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He continued, “All I know is the way the Republicans reacted to this attack was inexcusable. Jokes. You saw the jokes! The governor of Virginia, the governor of Arizona, a congressman was joking about an 82-year-old man being attacked in his own home.”
“I don’t see how that can be condoned,” Pelosi said, adding, “I don’t know how to talk about it without being too dark.” Sympathizing with him, Lemon said, “No, no, no, we want to be real.”