Trump: Attack on Paul Pelosi a ‘terrible thing’ - The Hill

Former President Trump successful an interrogation Sunday called the onslaught connected Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) hubby successful their San Francisco location a “terrible thing” arsenic helium railed against transgression successful Democrat-led cities.

“With Paul Pelosi, that’s a unspeakable thing, with each of them it’s a unspeakable thing,” Trump said successful an interrogation with Americano Media, a blimpish Spanish connection outlet. “Look astatine what’s happened to San Francisco generally. Look astatine what’s happening successful Chicago. It was acold worse than Afghanistan.”

“We person to springiness the constabulary backmost their dignity, their respect. They tin lick the problem. But contiguous if a constabulary serviceman says thing that’s somewhat retired of enactment it’s similar the extremity of his life, the extremity of his pension, the extremity of his family,” Trump continued. “We can’t bash that. We person to springiness the constabulary backmost their authorization and their powerfulness and their respect. Because this state is retired of control.”

Trump remained silent connected the onslaught connected Paul Pelosi implicit the weekend, arsenic others successful the GOP sent mixed messages astir it. Many Democrats, including President Biden, called for members of some parties to unequivocally condemn the onslaught arsenic they disquieted astir a emergence successful governmental violence.

Paul Pelosi, 82, was attacked aboriginal Friday greeting successful his location by an intruder, constabulary said. Authorities arrived astatine the location and recovered the 2 men tussling implicit a hammer. The fishy past gained power of the hammer and utilized it to onslaught Paul Pelosi.

Paul Pelosi underwent country for a skull fracture and is expected to recover.

Before the battle occurred, the antheral confronted Paul Pelosi and shouted, “Where is Nancy? Where is Nancy?” according to a root briefed connected the attack. The Speaker was not location astatine the time.

Biden and different Democrats tied the assailant’s rhetoric and onslaught straight to Republicans’ mendacious claims that the 2020 predetermination was stolen, thing Trump inactive regularly promotes astatine rallies and connected societal media.

Trump and the Speaker person had a tumultuous narration dating backmost to Trump’s clip successful the White House. The 2 concisely tried to enactment unneurotic for an infrastructure woody and connected different legislative matters, but the narration rapidly soured, peculiarly aft the archetypal impeachment of Trump.

Nancy Pelosi went viral for ripping up Trump’s State of the Union code successful aboriginal 2020. Trump repeatedly derided the Speaker arsenic “Crazy Nancy.” She has often deemed Trump unfit to clasp office, and astir precocious gained attraction for saying she would person “punched him out” had Trump tried to travel to the Capitol during the rioting determination connected Jan. 6, 2021.

Updated astatine 11 a.m.