- Paul Pelosi may have been looking to find Nancy Pelosi when he attacked her husband.
- Police report that violent threats against lawmakers have increased significantly in recent years.
- Nancy Pelosi was threatened with a number of things, some of which led to charges or conviction.
Nancy Pelosi is the House Speaker. Paul Pelosi was attacked with a HammerThey were at their San Francisco home on Friday when an intruder entered. He was reported to have shouted “Where is Nancy?”you may have been searching to find her.
Although the speaker was in Washington DC at the time of attack, the incident follows many violent threats made against her and other members Congress in recent decades. Such threats are on the increase.
According to Capitol Police dataThreats to Congressional lawmakers rose by 144% between 2017-2022. Nearly 2,000 people were killed in the first three months this year. Threats to Congress MembersThis led to the opening of cases by the Capitol Police.
Pelosi is the House’s top Democrat and has frequently fought with Republicans. She has been the victim of many violent threats, some of them leading to criminal charges.
March 2019, A mA Florida man threatened to kill Pelosi
Pelosi was contacted by a Florida man who called her office in March 2019. He said he would “come long, long ways to rattle her headwith bullets” and would behead her “jihadist-style.” Court documents from his trial
“We’re coming for you, so sleep with one eye closed. America is tired of all this shit… all out war. He added, “Bunch of you fucks will die”, in one of the calls.
According to court records, Paul Vernon Hoeffer also used racist slurs and threatened Kim Foxx, Cook County, Illinois District Attorney. He also made violent threats over the phone against Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, saying that he would “rip off her head.”
Hoeffer ChargedIn December 2021, he was charged with three counts interstate transmissions of threats to kidnap and injure in connection to his threats to Foxx, Ocasio Cortez, Pelosi. He Pled guiltyHe was sentenced to 18-months in prison
March 2020: Texas prosecutors say Pelosi was accused by a man of Texas of being part in a Satanic cult.
A 27-year old man was charged with posting on Facebook in March 2020 and ordering his followers to remove Democratic lawmakers like Pelosi “by all means necessary,” even killing them. CBS news reported.
According to the criminal charge, Pelosi was a member of a “satanic church.”
“Nancy Pelosi is apart [sic]She is a member of a satanic religion, as are her close associates. The complaint stated that Dems of the establishment would be removed at all costs and even death.”
“Shoot for death. According to Perry’s complaint, “This is a revolution.”
Perry claimed that he was the owner of the account responsible for the messages and was later arrested by the FBI. Perry was initially charged with transmitting a threatening message, but he was later cleared. You are not guilty.
January 1, 2021: Pelosi has his home vandalized by fake pigblood and a real pork head
Pelosi’s house was spray-painted by vandals on New Years Day 2021 with the words “$2k CANCEL REN!” “WE WANT ALL THINGS.”
They also covered her driveway in asphalt. Fake blood and a detached pig’s head.
Pelosi wasn’t home when her home was being vandalized. CBS Bay Area reported
The graffiti was a reference the 2021 COVID-19 stimulation checks, which Congressional Republicans had prevented from being increased by $600 to 2,000. Similar graffiti was seen at Senator Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s house with similar questions asking “Where’s mine money?”
McConnell stated that “Vandalism” and “the politics of fear have no place within our society.” Courier-Journal to 2021
January 6, 2021: Rioters storm the Capitol in search of Pelosi
Some rioters claimed they were the ones who broke into the US Capitol by pro-Trump mobs on January 6, 2021 in protest at the 2020 election results. Looking for Pelosi.
“Nancy…Nancy…We’re coming for you Nancy,” a rioter threatened, according to a video recording cited In the case of one rioter.
“Where is Nancy Pelosi?” Another one. David Antonio TicasAccording to prosecutors, he was asked the following question during the attack.
Another man who had planned to be at Capitol on January 6, From Colorado, drove to Washington, DC.According to the report, Pelosi was threatened with a bullet in her head and assault rifle. A criminal complaint.
Cleveland Meredith Jr. was a 53 year-old North Carolina man. He was found in his hotel room one mile from the Capitol by his mother. Prosecutors said that a relative had told her about a text Meredith sent, in which he threatened Pelosi. He was Later sentenced to 28-monthsPrison
Ruth Ben-Ghiat of New York University is an expert on extremism. Charles Davis, InsiderPelosi’s threats to her during January 6 were very similar to those made by the attacker on Friday morning.
Ben-Ghiat explained that Nancy Pelosi (Speaker of the House and third in the line for the Presidential succession) was the main target of insurgents January 6. “The attacker who hurt Paul Pelosi was looking to find Nancy Pelosi, most likely because he wanted to finish the job.”
January 17, 2021 – An Arizona man claims he’s coming for Pelosi
A man called Pelosi’s Washington, DC, Office and left a voicemail on January 17th, 2021, less that two weeks after the Capitol Attack. According to the Justice Department. Pelosi was then told by he who later followed up on the voicemail with another, saying: “You’re dead.”
Steve Arthur Martis, Arizona was identified as the man. The FBI has previously approached youThe DOJ released a statement saying that the DOJ had made threatening calls in the previous.
Martis was later found guilty of one count, communicating an interstate threat of harm or death. He was sentenced to 21 month imprisonment.
