“We must not be afraid, we must be brave,” the president of the US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, argued on Friday about her husband’s aggression and days before the mid-term elections in the states that promise to be tense.
“It made me realize how afraid some people are of what’s going on outside” in the world, the Democratic leader said in a video posted on Facebook, arguing that fear was felt among polling station employees in particular, and the American. General population.
He was speaking the day after Paul Pelosi was released from the hospital. On October 28, a 42-year-old man, David DePape, entered the couple’s San Francisco home in the middle of the night and attacked 82-year-old Nancy Pelosi with a hammer, hitting him at least once. The assailant told investigators that he also intended to tie up Nancy Pelosi, who was absent at the time of the attack, and break her kneecaps.
The precedent of the attack on the Capitol
“The message is clear, there are reasons to be concerned. But we can’t be afraid, we have to be brave,” said Nancy Pelosi.
This event raised concerns that misinformation and deep political divisions could lead to violence, days before the midterm elections.
Fears of political violence have risen in the United States since Donald Trump refused to concede defeat in November 2020, leading to the takeover of the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
“The road will be long”
Officials believe these elements are the driving force behind certain attacks, such as the one carried out by the attacker of Paul Pelosi, a conspiracy theorist who spread dubious theories online on topics as varied as voter fraud, vaccinations against -Covid, climate change, the Holocaust or even transgender people.
In her video, Nancy Pelosi sighed: “It will be a long road”, assuring that her husband “will be fine”.
Regarding the elections, which according to the polls give the Republicans an advantage for the moment, Nancy Pelosi warned that “there was no doubt that our democracy is at stake.”
Source: BFM TV
