Pelosi says children, grandchildren are 'heartbroken and traumatized' in first comments since attack - CNN

CNN  — 

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says that portion her husband, Paul, continues to amended pursuing Friday’s convulsive attack successful their San Francisco home, their children and grandchildren “are heartbroken and traumatized.”

“Yesterday morning, a convulsive antheral broke into our household home, demanded to face maine and brutally attacked my hubby Paul,” Pelosi wrote. “Our children, our grandchildren and I are heartbroken and traumatized by the life-threatening onslaught connected our Pop.”

The comments, her archetypal since her 82-year-old hubby was attacked with a hammer, came Saturday nighttime successful a letter to each members of the House of Representatives.

She thanked instrumentality enforcement and archetypal responders for the “life-saving aesculapian care” her hubby is receiving, and she thanked members for “the outpouring of prayers and lukewarm wishes.”

San Francisco Police Chief William Scott said that the suspect, David DePape, 42, present faces charges of attempted homicide, battle with a deadly weapon, elder abuse, burglary and different felonies successful narration to the attack, which happened aft 2 a.m. connected Friday.

The break-in raises concerns astir the information of members of Congress and their families. Capitol Police are liable for Nancy Pelosi’s information and the information of different members of Congress, but deficiency the resources to support lawmakers’ families astir the clock.

President Joe Biden made a nonstop nexus Saturday betwixt right-wing conspiracies and unit similar the battle connected Paul Pelosi, saying the “talk has to stop.”

“All the malarkey that’s being enactment retired determination – you can’t conscionable apologize. It affects people’s mentality. It affects however radical think. Particularly, radical who are not arsenic unchangeable arsenic different people,” Biden said successful Delaware.

“The speech has to stop,” helium went on. “That’s the problem. That’s the problem. You can’t conscionable say, consciousness severely astir the violence, we condemn it. Condemn what produces the violence. This speech produces the violence.”

Biden noted the accused assailant asked “where’s Nancy” erstwhile helium entered the Pelosi home.

“The generic constituent I privation to marque is it’s 1 happening to condemn the unit but you can’t condemn the unit unless you condemn those radical who proceed to reason the predetermination was not real, that it’s being stolen,” helium said.

DePape is expected to beryllium charged with aggregate felonies connected Monday and arraigned Tuesday, according to San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins.