House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) says she and her family are “heartbroken and traumatized” over the violent attack on her husband Paul at their San Francisco home this week.
Pelosi made the revelation in a Dear Colleague letter released Saturday evening about the brutal assault, which resulted in her husband requiring surgery for a scull fracture and injuries to his right arm and hands. Through her team, the Pelosi family has asked for privacy, but said that Mr. Pelosi is expected to recover. The suspected assailant, 42-year-old David DePape, has been charged with attempted homicide and a litany of other offenses.
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“Yesterday morning, a violent man broke into our family home, demanded to confront me and brutally attacked my husband Paul,” Pelosi’s Saturday letter reads. “Our children, our grandchildren and I are heartbroken and traumatized by the life-threatening attack on our Pop.”
The letter went on to add that: “We are grateful for the quick response of law enforcement and emergency services, and for the life-saving medical care he is receiving.”
Pelosi then thanked those hoping for her husband’s swift recovery before offering an update on his condition.
“Please know that the outpouring of prayers and warm wishes from so many in the Congress is a comfort to our family and is helping Paul make progress with his recovery. His condition continues to improve,” Pelosi’s letter stated. “We are also comforted by the words of the Book of Isaiah: ‘Do not fear, for I am with you. Do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.'”
The House speaker was in Washington, D.C., at the time of the attack, in the early morning hours of Friday. She began traveling to San Francisco midday Friday and was able to speak with her husband after the assault.
After DePape allegedly broke into the Pelosi’s San Francisco residence, Paul Pelosi, 82, called 911 from the bathroom, where he had his phone charging, and spoke in code to a dispatcher to convince them to send police to the scene. While authorities have remained tight-lipped on details of the assault that followed, it is known that the intruder asked “Where is Nancy?” during the break-in and sought to restrain Mr. Pelosi while “waiting for Nancy.”
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While the suspect has been revealed to have made a number of online posts referencing the QAnon conspiracy theory, he had not written anything about Mr. or Mrs. Pelosi specifically. Despite this, as well as him not being previously known to the U.S. Capitol Police, San Francisco Police Department Chief Bill Scott said Friday that this was not a random incident.
“This was not a random act. This was intentional. And it’s wrong,” Scott told reporters Friday night, claiming families of elected officials “don’t sign up for this — to be harmed. And it is wrong. And everybody should be disgusted about what happened this morning.”
