The Pelosi family is still in shock. Almost two weeks after the assault on Paul Pelosi, husband of Nancy, president of the United States House of Representatives, in her house, the latter gave a long interview to CNN in which she expressed her consternation and sadness.
Pelosi was “very scared”
At first, the 82-year-old politician, at the head of a rich political career, explained how she had found out about the attack, which occurred in San Francisco. That day, several people knocked very early in the morning on the door of Nancy Pelosi, who is traveling to Washington as part of her duties.
“I look up, I see it’s 5 am […] So I run to the door and I’m really scared. I see the Capitol police, they say, ‘we have to go inside to talk to you.’ I think of my children, my grandchildren. I never thought it would be Paul,'” she explains.
Then, during this very emotional interview, Nancy Pelosi also expressed her mood, claiming that David DePape, the man arrested after the attack and since remanded in custody by a San Francisco judge, actually wanted to attack her.
“For me, that’s really the hardest part because Paul wasn’t the target and he’s the one paying the price. He wasn’t looking for Paul, he was looking for me,” he insists.
A recovery that “will take time”
Much of this interview, granted to the famous journalist Anderson Cooper, was also dedicated to the state of health of Paul Pelosi, who was attacked with a hammer. The 82-year-old man “has undergone successful surgery to treat a skull fracture and serious injuries to his right arm and hands” and has been released from hospital, spokesman for the Speaker of the House of Commons, Drew Hammill, said. .
“It’s going to take time. He knows he has to be patient. He’s so chivalrous that he doesn’t complain,” says Nancy Pelosi, who said she was relieved when the medical profession discovered the injury hadn’t reached the brain. “which can be fatal”.
“He is very concerned about the traumatic effect on our children and our grandchildren. And we are concerned about the traumatic effect on him,” adds the politician, who explains that she did not talk about the attack with who she was. husband since 1963.
A few hours before the midterm elections, Nancy Pelosi also pointed to the reaction of some Republicans who made this attack “a joke.” “In our democracy there is a party that doubts the outcome of the elections, feeds this flame and does not care about the violence that occurs. This must stop,” she concludes.
Source: BFM TV
