House Speaker Pelosi says attack on husband will affect decision on remaining in leadership

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the brutal location penetration onslaught connected her hubby past period volition impact her determination connected whether to stay successful the Democratic enactment successful Congress.

But Pelosi, D-Calif., who constabulary accidental was the existent intended people of the antheral charged successful the attack, did not uncover successful a caller CNN interrogation whether that means she volition permission her enactment station oregon enactment successful it.

Pelosi, 82, has been the apical House Democrat for 2 decades.

Pelosi's remark came arsenic her enactment is battling to stay successful power of some chambers of Congress successful Tuesday's midterm elections. Republicans are favored to triumph power of the House.

Her 82-year-old hubby Paul Pelosi had his skull fractured aboriginal Oct. 28 by an assailant wielding a hammer, aft the different antheral broke into the Pelosi location successful San Francisco, constabulary person said.

David DePape, 42, has been charged with attempted execution and different authorities crimes successful the attack.

Federal prosecutors person charged DePape with the national crimes of attempted kidnapping of a national authoritative — Nancy Pelosi — and assaulting an contiguous household subordinate of a United States authoritative with the intent to retaliate against the official.

Authorities person said DePape was prepared to kidnap and detain Nancy Pelosi and interruption her kneecaps erstwhile helium went to her residence. The talker was successful Washington, D.C., astatine the clip of the break-in.

During her interrogation with CNN's Anderson Cooper, Pelosi said her determination connected whether to enactment successful enactment "will beryllium affected astir what happened the past week oregon two."

Cooper past asked, "Will your determination beryllium impacted by the onslaught successful immoderate way?"

"Yes," Pelosi replied.