Pelosi Says Retirement Decision ‘Will be Affected’ by Attack on Husband – Monday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi revealed that the hammer attack against her husband Paul has impacted her political future. Pelosi disclosed the development in her first sit-down interview since the home invasion that left her husband with a fractured skull at their California residence. “I have to say my decision will be affected about what happened the last week or two,” Pelosi told CNN host Anderson Cooper after he asked if the incident will affect her decision on whether to retire after the midterm elections if Democrats lose control of the House.
Pelosi responded “yes” when Cooper asked if her decision will be “specifically impacted” by the attack. The 82-year-old House Speaker has been the subject of increased speculation regarding her next political move if Democrats lose the lower chamber in the midterm elections on November 8, as is widely anticipated. Pelosi pledged in 2018 to limit her term as House speaker to four years, but she has made no formal announcement regarding her future in leadership or politics.
Pelosi is predicted to win Tuesday night’s reelection contest against Republican John Dennis in California’s 11th Congressional District by a large margin. The House speaker also described to Cooper on Monday the moment she learned that her husband of 59 years had been assaulted. “I was sleeping in Washington, DC, I had just gotten in the night before from San Francisco, and I hear the doorbell ring and think, it’s five something, I look up I see it’s five, it must be the wrong apartment. No.”
“It rings again and then bang, bang, bang, bang, bang on the door,” she told Cooper. “So I run to the door and I was very scared, I see the Capitol Police, and they said we have to come in to talk to you,” she added. “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,” Pelosi said of the Capitol Police officers at her door.
“At that time we didn’t even know where he was or what his condition was, we just knew there was an assault on him in our home.” The alleged attacker, David DePape, 42, has been charged with attempted murder, attempted kidnapping and assault following the Oct. 28 break-in at the Pelosi’s Pacific Heights neighborhood home.
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