The Republican nominee for governor of Arizona, Kari Lake, made light of the attack on Nancy Pelosi's husband in remarks at a campaign event, drawing laughter from the audience
, made light of the attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband in remarks at a campaign event Monday, drawing laughter from the audience.
Asked about school security, Lake suggested the protection afforded to federal lawmakers should be available to students, as well. "Nancy Pelosi, well, she’s got protection when she’s in D.C. — apparently her house doesn’t have a lot of protection,"Lake then said,"If our lawmakers can have protection, if our politicians can have protection, if our athletes, then certainly the most important people in our lives — our children — should have protection."
Pelosi's 82-year-old husband, Paul Pelosi, was brutally attacked Friday at the couple's San Francisco home. The speaker was in Washington, D.C.,Republican nominee for governor Kari Lake holds a press conference in front of her campaign headquarters in Phoenix, on Oct. 27, 2022.
A federal complaint filed Monday alleged that the suspect, David DePape, 42, tried to kidnap the speaker, not knowing she wasn't home at the time. The complaint also said DePape planned to break her kneecaps.Lake wasn’t asked about the remark in an interview with Tucker Carlson on Fox News but said: “We can’t talk about all these issues, because the media has told us they’re prohibited.
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Crowd Laughs When Arizona Republican Mocks Attack on Paul PelosiArizona Republican nominee for governor Kari Lake made light of the attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband in remarks at a campaign event Monday, drawing laughter from the audience.
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