i think it's obvious that nancy was the real target. the motivation is as simple as conservatives are horrible human beings and assassinations and violence has always been fundamental to how they deal with politics: lincon. martian luther. jfk. lynching. tulsa.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/28/us/politics/nancy-pelosi-husband-assaulted.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/28/us/politics/nancy-pelosi-husband-assaulted.html
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband, Paul Pelosi, was hospitalized after he was assaulted by someone who broke into the couple's residence in San Francisco early on Friday morning, a spokesman for Ms. Pelosi said.
"Early this morning, an assailant broke into the Pelosi residence in San Francisco and violently assaulted Mr. Pelosi," Drew Hammill, the spokesman, said in a statement on Friday. "The assailant is in custody and the motivation for the attack is under investigation."