Members of Congress express support for Paul Pelosi following violent attack

Members of Congress continued to explicit enactment Sunday for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband, Paul Pelosi, aft helium was violently attacked by an intruder with a hammer connected Friday.

The 82-year-old has gone done a palmy country to repair a skull fracture and superior injuries to his close limb and hands, Pelosi's spokesperson said.

The House Speaker, a California Democrat, was successful Washington, D.C., astatine the clip of the incident, authorities said.

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) told CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday that portion radical tin person heated discussions astir governmental issues, unit has to end.

"It's disgusting. This unit is horrible," Scott said. "This worldly has to stop."

David DePape, 42, was identified by constabulary arsenic the suspect who wielded a hammer during the onslaught connected Paul Pelosi.

He allegedly was searching for the House speaker, shouting, "Where is Nancy, wherever is Nancy?" earlier attacking her husband, a root told NBC.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., told NBC's "Meet the Press" Sunday that Speaker Pelosi has been villainized and faced threats for years, and that it is wide the "vicious attack" was meant for her.

"I deliberation it is truly important that radical recognize that it is not conscionable this infinitesimal of this horrific attack, but that we person seen unit perpetrated passim our governmental system," Klobuchar said.

There are assorted levels of extortion for members of Congress, and Klobuchar said determination tin beryllium ways to let each members to get protection, adjacent if they are not successful enactment for the nonstop succession of the presidency.

In her archetypal nationalist remark since the assault, Speaker Pelosi said successful a statement Saturday that she is "heartbroken" and traumatized" by the attack, but her husband's information "continues to improve."

"Please cognize that the outpouring of prayers and lukewarm wishes from truthful galore successful the Congress is simply a comfortableness to our household and is helping Paul marque advancement with his recovery," she said successful the statement. 

DePape is being charged with attempted homicide, battle with a deadly weapon, elder maltreatment and different felonies successful the attack, constabulary said.

The felony charges volition beryllium brought guardant Monday and DePape is expected to beryllium arraigned connected Tuesday, San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said connected Twitter.