McDaniel blamed the onslaught connected rising crime, for which she blamed Pelosi’s party: “If this weren’t Paul Pelosi, this transgression would astir apt beryllium retired connected the thoroughfare time ... This is what Democrat policies are bringing.”
Florida Sen. Rick Scott, seat of the GOP’s Senate run arm, separately suggested connected CNN that “horrible” unit was successful portion a effect of little nationalist spot successful elections. (Officials connected some sides of the aisle, including Trump-era lawyer wide William Barr, person affirmed that President Joe Biden’s 2020 triumph was not affected by wide elector fraud.)
“Be canvass watchers, truthful you tin spot that elections are going to beryllium fair,” Scott told voters. He besides cited the beating past week of a canvasser for Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), who did not initially accidental helium believed the onslaught was governmental but revised that in aboriginal reports.
Poll watching is not a caller a practice, but it’s progressively on the emergence among conservatives and has been described arsenic disruptive by immoderate predetermination officials successful this cycle. Scott past called retired erstwhile statesmanlike campaigner Hillary Clinton and Georgia gubernatorial campaigner Stacey Abrams for suggesting Republicans are undermining elections.
The assailant, David DePape, broke into the Pelosi family’s San Francisco location aboriginal Friday greeting and attacked Paul Pelosi with a hammer, San Francisco constabulary said. He called retired “where’s Nancy?” during the invasion, according to police.
San Francisco Police Chief William Scott described the onslaught arsenic “not a random act,” but constabulary person not yet elaborate a motive. DePape had zip ties with him erstwhile helium entered the Pelosi home, according to a idiosyncratic briefed connected the investigation, an constituent archetypal reported by CNN.
For 3 days running, Republicans person fielded Democratic fury that the attack connected the House speaker’s husband was related to their incendiary rhetoric — and laser absorption connected Nancy Pelosi. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) connected the unit to predetermination denialism and intimidation connected Sunday, saying excessively galore Republicans person failed to talk up astir the issue.
"[Nancy Pelosi] has been villainized for years, and — large astonishment — it’s gone viral, and it went violent,” Klobuchar said Sunday connected NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
New Twitter proprietor Elon Musk posted disinformation astir the Paul Pelosi onslaught connected Sunday morning, adding caller heft to Democratic worries astir whether mendacious claims mightiness summation a foothold connected the level nether Musk’s ownership.
Asked whether the onslaught means Republicans should tamp down their rhetoric successful onslaught ads starring up to adjacent week’s midterm elections, Gov. Chris Sununu (R-N.H.) said, “I don’t deliberation there’s immoderate request for the onslaught ads.”
“Ignore the elections. She’s going to get reelected fine,” Sununu said connected NBC. “I mean, let’s conscionable marque definite that she and her household are safe.” Security should beryllium extended to different members of Congress arsenic well, Sununu said.
Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) noted that erstwhile President Donald Trump has not yet publically condemned the onslaught connected Paul Pelosi.
“All of america successful the aftermath of this onslaught connected Paul Pelosi request to accidental that we’re going to halt demonizing folks,” Coons said connected “Fox News Sunday.”
Violent rhetoric “can pb to unit by tiny fig of Americans who deliberation erstwhile we picture our governmental opponents arsenic our enemies, we’re calling for them to beryllium attacked,” helium added.
Nicholas Wu contributed to this report.
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