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Paul Pelosi was attacked and severely beaten by an assailant with a hammer after he had broken into their home on Friday

Hammer assault on Paul Pelosi is latest in series of violent and threatening acts as midterm elections loom

MIAMI — U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio deflected questions Friday about the extremist past of a Republican canvasser who was heavily beaten and sent to the hospital, as questions remain about whether the attack was politically motivated.

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SAN FRANCISCO — Paul Pelosi, husband of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was “violently” attacked early Friday, when an intruder broke into the couple’s San Francisco home and fractured his skull with a hammer, in what a law enforcement source said appeared to be a targeted attack.

The man accused of breaking into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s home and severely beating her husband with a hammer appears to have made racist and often rambling posts online, including some that questioned the results of the 2020 election, defended Donald Trump and echoed QAnon conspiracy theories

The alleged online history of the man charged with violently assaulting the House speaker’s husband reveals QAnon links and a path to radicalisation

It’s something that goes along with being a member of Congress, no matter your party or your status: constant threats to your life, and the unshakeable feeling that they're only getting worse

David DePape, 42, was a hemp jewellery maker who posted conspiracy theories on Facebook