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‘Heartbroken and traumatized’: Nancy Pelosi responds to violent attack on her husband

Police tape is seen in front of the home of Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in San Francisco on Friday.

In her first public statement about the brutal attack on her husband — in which she was the intended target — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told her congressional colleagues that she and her family were “heartbroken and traumatized” by Friday’s events.

“Our children, our grandchildren and I are heartbroken and traumatized by the life-threatening attack on our Pop,” Pelosi said in the statement, which was addressed to members of the U.S. House of Representatives. “We are grateful

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