UPDATE: Speaker Pelosi said in a statement that her husband, Paul, 'continues to make progress' and thanks everyone who has reached out in support.
Police arrived at Pelosi's home around 2:30 a.m., where they found DePape and Pelosi fighting over a hammer. Officers witnessed DePape take the hammer from Pelosi and attack him with it. Officers tackled DePape and disarmed him before calling for backup.
"This was not a random act. This was intentional. And it's wrong," said San Francisco Police Chief William Scott. U.S. Capitol Police say Speaker Pelosi was in Washington, D.C. with her protective detail at the time of the attack. "Violence and the threat of death is a real thing that lawmakers face in this country," said Nolan Higdon, a professor of of history and communication at California State University East Bay. "The news about the break-in at the Pelosi house unfortunately seemed like a continuation of the escalation of political violence we've seen over the last decade in the United States."Higdon says this includes the Jan.
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