The man accused of attacking House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband was carrying zip ties with him when he broke into the couple’s San Francisco home and was calling out ‘Where’s Nancy?’, echoing the January 6 Capitol riot.
The San Francisco Police Department has also confirmed that there were just two people in the Pelosi home at the time of the attack, not three.
The suspect and the Democratic leader’s 82-year-old husband, Paul Pelosi, did not know each other before the attack.
The assault, coming less than two weeks before the November 8 election, was an unsettling reminder of the nation’s toxic political climate.
With threats to public officials at an all-time high, members of Congress were being urged to reach out for additional security resources, including increased police patrols of their neighborhoods.
U.S. Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger said in a weekend memo to lawmakers that the attack ‘is a somber reminder of the threats elected officials and families face in…
