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In an interview onWho’s Talking to Chris Wallace?airing Friday on HBO Max and Sunday on CNN, Nancy Pelosi said her husband Paul is “doing okay,” but that she continues to feel sadness about the attack, particularly as the suspect was initially searching for her.
Thelife-threatening attackon Paul occurred in late October, when 42-year-oldDavid DePape, a right-wing conspiracy theorist, allegedly broke into the Pelosis' San Francisco home in search of the House speaker. She was not present, but 82-year-old, Paul was. DePape allegedly told police that he could not allow himself to surrender, which ultimately led to him attacking Paul with a hammer before officers could intervene.
Paul, whosuffered a skull fracturefrom the assault and serious injuries to his hands and arm,successfully underwent surgeryhours after the attack andmade his first public appearancein December.
“He’s doing okay, it’s gonna take a little while for him to be back to normal,” Pelosi told host Wallace. “I feel very sad about it because of what happened but also more sad because the person was searching for me. And my dear husband, who is not even that political actually, paid the price.”
As Pelosi told Wallace, Paul has been venturing “out a bit because the doctor said he has to have something to look forward to.”
“And so again, one day at a time,” she added.
Still, it will take a few months for Paul to “be really himself,” Pelosi said.
“Anyone who’s had a head injury knows that you have to be very careful,” Pelosi said. “You have to be careful about movement. You have to be careful about light, you have to be careful about sound and it just takes a while probably another three or four months according to the doctors for him to be really himself.”
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Pelosi said she would, however,continue to serve as a member of the House, “speaking for the people of San Francisco, serving the great state of California and defending our Constitution.”
source: people.com
