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.
Violence and normalize the antisemitism and all the other extremist hate that is going on in america. when unelected fischel said something like this, and i understand his office came out to state that he was not making fun of it, but dangerously close to at least joking about it, and certainly inappropriate. now we see electives across the country that embrace this rhetoric. they understand it moves the base. moves the needle on the voter. they will continue to do this because it s a strategy that is working for them, unfortunately, and they are being somewhat successful with it. that is the thing. look, the biggest point is, we do have to get on with the business of the american people. the bottom line is there are elections happening november 8th, when you see the division vigilantes with masks and guns in front of polling places, it has the intention to depress and intimidate voters. because you lead the employer committee for civil rights, which people do? if you show up to a po
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