Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi wrote a Dear Colleague letter to update members of the House on the brutal attack her husband suffered in their home in San Francisco. She says he is “making progress with his recovery” and that is good news.

Yesterday morning, a violent man broke into our family home, demanded to confront me and brutally attacked my husband Paul. Our children, our grandchildren and I are heartbroken and traumatized by the life-threatening attack on our Pop. We are grateful for the quick response of law enforcement and emergency services, and for the life-saving medical care he is receiving.

Please know that the outpouring of prayers and warm wishes from so many in the Congress is a comfort to our family and is helping Paul make progress with his recovery. His condition continues to improve.

We are also comforted by the words of the Book of Isaiah: “Do not fear, for I am with you. Do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”

We thank you and pray for the continued safety and well-being of your family.

It doesn’t matter which political party you align with, an attack on the spouse of a politician is unacceptable, made even more unthinkable due to the fact that Nancy Pelosi is second in line to the presidency. As Speaker of the House, she holds a critical position in the line of succession should anything happen to the president. Fortunately, she was not at home at the time of the attack, unfortunately, her husband was home.

The outpouring of support and good wishes from both sides of the aisle occurs at a particularly stressful time so close to election day. Grace and appreciation is seen from Team Pelosi now, unlike other times in the past when it has not been so evident. Take for instance the ugly tweet Pelosi’s hyper-partisan daughter Christine tweeted out that “Rand Paul’s neighbor was right.” Senator Paul’s neighbor came into Paul’s property while the senator was doing yard work and physically attacked him. The injuries suffered by Rand Paul required multiple surgeries and he was injured much more seriously than original reports indicated.

Leave it to Christine Pelosi @sfpelosi (Nancy Pelosi's adult daughter) to have the most disgusting take of the day on twitter dot com.https://t.co/kGN4It6Isg pic.twitter.com/qXC8xlsVdu

— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) March 23, 2020

So, spare us the sanctimonious speeches now about how dangerous the political atmosphere is in our country and accusations that it comes from only one side. It’s been widely reported that threats of political violence are up but that didn’t happen overnight and it doesn’t only come from one side. Joe Biden should be reminding Americans that threats and violence are never the answer to opposing political discourse but he does not do it. He stokes the flames of discontent as much as any other politician who focuses on demonizing his opponents. Biden’s riffs on Mega MAGA Republicans add fuel to the fire.

Biden was in Pennsylvania at a Democrat Party dinner and took the opportunity to link the January 6 riot to the attack on Paul Pelosi. President Unity never misses a chance to demonize his opposition.

President Joe Biden on Friday called out the “despicable” attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul, directly tying the attacker’s words to rioters’ chants during the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol.

There’s reports “that the same chant was used by this guy that they have in custody that was used on January 6, the attack on the U.S. Capitol,” Biden said during an impassioned speech at the annual Pennsylvania Democratic Party’s Independence Dinner, where he and Vice President Kamala Harris were campaigning for Pennsylvania’s Democratic nominees.

The perpetrator’s shouts of “Where’s Nancy?” during the home invasion early Friday morning echoed the chants of pro-Trump rioters who searched the Capitol’s halls for the speaker in a bid to stop the certification of Biden’s 2020 victory.

“This is despicable. There’s no place in America. There’s too much violence — political violence — too much hatred, too much vitriol,” Biden said. “And what makes us think one party can talk about stolen elections, Covid being a hoax, [that it’s] all a bunch of lies, and it not affect people who may not be so well balanced? What makes us think that it’s not going to alter the political climate? Enough is enough is enough.”

Biden opened his speech asking the crowd to take a short pause to “send our love to Nancy Pelosi,” adding that he had spoken to the speaker and her husband “seems to be coming along well.” He later called on “every person of good conscience” to “clearly and unambiguously stand up against the violence in our politics, regardless of what your politics are.”

Kamala Harris and Barack Obama have also spoken out against political violence while implying it is only one side who is instigating it. It’s all very predictable.

It is alarming how easy it was for Pelosi’s attacker to break into their home in San Francisco. It’s in a very exclusive neighborhood yet where is their home security? The Speaker is protected yet it looks like her personal residence is not secure at all. There is no excuse for that, especially when Nancy Pelosi is one who frequently references political violence. Her husband should have been protected in his own home.