maricopa county, arizona all right, good morning, welcome to the cross connection, i am tiffany cross. as you heard right now, house speaker nancy pelosi s husband was attacked yesterday. a 42-year-old man broke into those tight offices go home, hit paul pelosi in the head with the hammer multiple times, that s according to law enforcement, and the man says he is going to tie him up and quote, until nancy got home. that poured is quoted to a pelosi family member. thankfully she said paul pelosi is expected to make a full recovery, this is after he has to undergo surgery to repair is gold fracture. we don t know the precise motive at the law enforcement, they say he is still investigating, with officials saying that the suspects social media posts shows a quote, mixed ideology of both anti establishment, and more recently, far-right extremist ideas. the attacker does come amid but capital police say the huge spike in threats against members of congress. this is where we are.
If it looks like potential violence, if someone looks likely or threatening you, or your voters challenges, what are some resources? first and foremost, stay safe. we don t want people to play hero. our instinct is to protect our onekama t, but don t don t play hero. stay safe. we want people to call the hotline 866 our vote, powered by the warriors committee. call the hotline, we documenting these ancient instances in the country, they are putting a fire under doj, a fire under local officials to act on this. also, look, sometimes the only course you have to call the police. we don t like to do that, but sometimes, that s what you have to do, call 9-1-1 if it s actually an emergency. make sure you stay safe. also, don t let anybody deter you from casting your ballot. what that means is make a plan. if you don t feel safe at that time, make a plan to come back later and vote through another means. that is exactly what they want. they want us not to vote.