# Nancy Pelosi's Husband Violently Attacked at Home \[28 Oct 2022\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** breaking-news\ **Created:** [October 28, 2022, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nancy-pelosis-husband-violently-attacked-at-home-28-oct-2022/973918 "2022-10-28T13:49:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2022, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nancy-pelosis-husband-violently-attacked-at-home-28-oct-2022/973918/61 "2022-10-29T20:45:16Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > I’m surprised that Mr Pelosi isn’t properly armed and trained given the situation. He could have retreated to a bedroom and waited for the police. Given that the attacker was able to wrestle the hammer out of Pelosi’s hands perhaps it’s best guns _weren’t_ part of this, because I doubt the man would have fared as well if his attacker had wrestled a gun out of his hands and shot him with it. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2022, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nancy-pelosis-husband-violently-attacked-at-home-28-oct-2022/973918/62 "2022-10-29T20:49:06Z")
> [@Si\_Amigo](#): > > This one is strange so far, an 82 year old is attacked by a hammer and is expected to make a full recovery. Seems that it would be very easy to attack an 82 year with a hammer and cause major damage no matter where you hit them. You can be beaten within an inch of your life, require dozens of stitches, and spend the night in the ER, and still be “expected to make a full recovery.” Unless dead, or crippled. Assuming you get out with nothing but scars, bruises and stitches- you have made a full recovery. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2022, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nancy-pelosis-husband-violently-attacked-at-home-28-oct-2022/973918/63 "2022-10-29T21:18:40Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > > [@Magiver](#): > > > > I’m surprised that Mr Pelosi isn’t properly armed and trained given the situation. He could have retreated to a bedroom and waited for the police. > > Given that the attacker was able to wrestle the hammer out of Pelosi’s hands perhaps it’s best guns _weren’t_ part of this, because I doubt the man would have fared as well if his attacker had wrestled a gun out of his hands and shot him with it. - The point of a gun is that you can use it at a distance(hopefully) before the assailant can get close enough to take it. An impact weapon requires getting within grabbing distance. ---
**Author:** ![Cwturner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Cwturner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cwturner)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2022, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nancy-pelosis-husband-violently-attacked-at-home-28-oct-2022/973918/64 "2022-10-29T22:01:30Z")
“In his favor - he seems quite healthy for his age” Thats why he has such a young, hot wife. CW ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2022, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nancy-pelosis-husband-violently-attacked-at-home-28-oct-2022/973918/65 "2022-10-29T22:11:23Z")
The guy’s name is David Wayne Depape? dammit. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2022, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nancy-pelosis-husband-violently-attacked-at-home-28-oct-2022/973918/66 "2022-10-29T22:26:22Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > I’m positive he has great health coverage as a perk of being married to a member of Congress. I’m positive he has great health coverage because he is [very rich](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Pelosi#Career) 🙂 . ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2022, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nancy-pelosis-husband-violently-attacked-at-home-28-oct-2022/973918/67 "2022-10-29T22:36:39Z")
Looks like the link has been taken down. Haven’t read the entire thread, so maybe this has been addressed, but the RWNJ-o-sphere has people saying that it was a disgruntled male prostitute hired by Mr. Pelosi, or that it’s yet another false-flag story. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2022, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nancy-pelosis-husband-violently-attacked-at-home-28-oct-2022/973918/68 "2022-10-29T22:38:37Z")
And at his age, he would have Medicare anyway. BTW, my dad’s middle name is Wayne, and I KNOW he’s never killed anybody. Just talked to him about an hour ago, too. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2022, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nancy-pelosis-husband-violently-attacked-at-home-28-oct-2022/973918/69 "2022-10-29T22:43:57Z")
My middle name is Wayne. This is the only place I will admit that my first name is Cecil. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2022, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nancy-pelosis-husband-violently-attacked-at-home-28-oct-2022/973918/70 "2022-10-29T23:24:42Z")
MODERATING: > [@Cwturner](#): > > “In his favor - he seems quite healthy for his age” > > Thats why he has such a young, hot wife. > > CW This seems a bit sexist for a breaking news thread. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nancy-pelosis-husband-violently-attacked-at-home-28-oct-2022/973918/71 "2022-10-30T00:12:25Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > The point of a gun is that you can use it at a distance(hopefully) before the assailant can get close enough to take it. An impact weapon requires getting within grabbing distance. You _can_ use it at a distance, that doesn’t mean you’ll be successful, We don’t know what the circumstances were here. We don’t know if Mr. Pelosi attempted to retreat, what his options might have been, or what. The level of arm-chair quaterbacking here is far too high. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nancy-pelosis-husband-violently-attacked-at-home-28-oct-2022/973918/72 "2022-10-30T00:37:21Z")
Here’s what the “talking in code” meant: > [@](#): > > A source with knowledge of the situation gave a similar account to [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2022/10/28/paul-pelosi-attack-911-call-details-miller-lead-vpx.cnn). John Miller, the outlet’s chief law enforcement and intelligence analyst, said Paul Pelosi secretly called 911 somehow and left the line open. He said when dispatcher Grimes answered no one responded to her, but she could hear a background conversation and sensed something was off. She turned the volume up to listen in. > > “Paul Pelosi is basically trying to tell her in code what’s going on: ‘Why are you here? What are you going to do to me?’ I mean you can imagine how he’s trying to not let the attacker know 911 is listening,” Miller said. > > Based on what she heard, Grimes called for a high-priority wellness check at the house, he said. When officers arrived, they saw the men struggling over the hammer before the intruder struck Pelosi with the hammer, according to Miller, who added this all happened on body camera footage. > > While police didn’t confirm specifics of the 911 call as reported by CNN and the LA Times, the chief did praise Grimes by name for her actions during the press conference on Friday evening. > > “I want to reemphasize and thank our dispatcher Heather Grimes for her intuition, for quick thinking. She had to interpret what she was being told and based on her experience and her intuition, she basically figured out that there was something more to this incident than what she was being told,” Scott said. “Her actions, in my opinion, resulted in a higher priority dispatch and faster police response.” > **[Paul Pelosi secretly called 911 while in front of the intruder and spoke in...](https://www.businessinsider.com/paul-pelosi-secretly-called-911-spoke-in-code-to-dispatcher-2022-10)** > > After Paul Pelosi called 911, a dispatcher overheard him talking to the intruder and knew something was wrong, alerting police. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nancy-pelosis-husband-violently-attacked-at-home-28-oct-2022/973918/73 "2022-10-30T01:02:08Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > While police didn’t confirm specifics of the 911 call as reported by CNN and the LA Times, the chief did praise Grimes by name for her actions during the press conference on Friday evening. Given the state of American politics today, I now fear for Ms. Grimes and her family. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nancy-pelosis-husband-violently-attacked-at-home-28-oct-2022/973918/74 "2022-10-30T13:08:35Z")
Moderating: > [@Broomstick](#): > > You _can_ use it at a distance, that doesn’t mean you’ll be successful I think it’s time to drop the hijack about alternative methods of defense. > [@Monty](#): > > Given the state of American politics today, I now fear for Ms. Grimes and her family. And once again, we have another thread for political commentary. This is the MPSIMS breaking news thread. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nancy-pelosis-husband-violently-attacked-at-home-28-oct-2022/973918/75 "2022-10-30T17:52:27Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > You _can_ use it at a distance, that doesn’t mean you’ll be successful, You can’t miss at short range. And short range in this instance is defined as a foot longer than your assailants arm. Politicians are high profile people who naturally attract nutjobs. Nancy Pelosi is protected when acting in her official capacity. Her husband is not. He has the wealth and privilege that allows him the training needed for a person in his position. The armchair quarterbacking starts with someone smashing his way into the house. Not something easily missed. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nancy-pelosis-husband-violently-attacked-at-home-28-oct-2022/973918/76 "2022-10-30T17:57:06Z")
Moderating: @Magiver , did you not see the mod note immediately above your post?! Drop the hijack. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nancy-pelosis-husband-violently-attacked-at-home-28-oct-2022/973918/77 "2022-10-30T17:59:13Z")
I’ve tried repeatedly to delete it immediately upon hitting enter. Feel free to edit it to “Deleted per instructions”. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nancy-pelosis-husband-violently-attacked-at-home-28-oct-2022/973918/78 "2022-10-30T18:04:10Z")
Right, we’ve disabled deleting posts. If you are within the edit window, you may change it to something like “nevermind”, and if you ask a mod to delete a post that says nothing, we will do so. Otherwise, we only delete posts of spammers and trolls. You have to live with what you posted. Even if you are told to stop defending it. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nancy-pelosis-husband-violently-attacked-at-home-28-oct-2022/973918/79 "2022-10-30T18:13:06Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > . If you are within the edit window, you may change it to something like “nevermind”, I did exactly that but it wouldn’t let me and I was within the window. I’m fine with what I posted but wanted to remove it because you judged it a hijack. I’ll leave it at that. Sorry for the post. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nancy-pelosis-husband-violently-attacked-at-home-28-oct-2022/973918/80 "2022-10-30T20:40:52Z")
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