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Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) has sent a handwritten enactment of apology to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) implicit his comments past period that seemed to marque airy of the hammer onslaught against her husband, Paul Pelosi.
Pelosi spokesperson Drew Hammill confirmed that she received the letter, which was postmarked Nov. 1. He provided nary further details, but said Pelosi had accepted the apology.
A spokeswoman for Youngkin released a connection from the politician Wednesday morning, via substance message, which she said was from a TV interrogation that had not yet aired: “My afloat volition connected my comments was to categorically authorities that unit and the benignant of unit that was perpetrated against Speaker Pelosi’s hubby is not conscionable unacceptable, it’s atrocious. And I didn’t bash a large occupation with that. And truthful listen, it was a idiosyncratic enactment and it was 1 betwixt maine and the speaker, conscionable to bespeak those sentiments.”
The missive was archetypal reported by Jake Sherman of Punchbowl News.
Speaking astatine a run rally successful Stafford, Va., for GOP legislature campaigner Yesli Vega connected Oct. 28, Youngkin mentioned the attack earlier that time connected Pelosi’s husband, which near Paul Pelosi hospitalized with a fractured skull.
“There’s nary country for unit anywhere, but we’re going to nonstop [Pelosi] backmost to beryllium with him successful California,” Youngkin said astatine the rally.
The remark drew wide rebukes, but Youngkin has resisted publically apologizing for it.
Vega lost her challenge to Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) successful Tuesday’s election.
This nonfiction has been updated with remark from Youngkin.
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