On this fateful day, an intruder invaded her San Francisco residence, brutally assaulting her husband, Paul Pelosi, with a hammer. The severity of the attack necessitated a surgical procedure in which part of his skull was removed to save his life.
According to CBS News, Pelosi and her husband had refrained from discussing the incident publicly until now. "My husband and I have never talked about this," Pelosi stated. "The doctors have supported that, because they don't want him to revisit it." The assailant's intended target was Pelosi herself, a fact that has left her grappling with guilt. "He was looking for me," she confessed. "Imagine the guilt of all of that – it's just a horrible thing."
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In her newly published book, "The Art of Power," Pelosi delves into the horrifying incident. She includes a quote from her daughter, Alexandra Pelosi, a documentary filmmaker, who urged her to relinquish her public roles. "You have to give it up – the Speakership, Congress, everything in your public life," Alexandra advised. When asked if her daughter blamed her for the attack, Pelosi responded, "Well, blame me. I mean, not me. I was the target."
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Pelosi's family holds certain factions of the Republican Party responsible for the assault, blaming their demonization of her over the past two decades. "My family, frankly, blames certain elements of the Republican Party who had been demonizing me for about 20 years, every election and the rest – cloven feet, horns on the head, a horrible person, in flames, a devil, and all of that," Pelosi said. She expressed her disappointment at the lack of seriousness with which her husband's assault was treated, stating that it was made light of and even laughed at.
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Rumors have circulated that Pelosi led a concerted effort to persuade President Joe Biden to step down. When questioned about her conversations with Biden, Pelosi maintained her discretion. "Well, I've never shared any conversations with a President of the United States publicly, no," she said. Despite allegations of Biden's anger towards her, Pelosi affirmed her affection for the President. "Well, he knows that I love him very much," she responded.
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Pelosi denied leading any pressure campaign against Biden. "No, I wasn't a leader of any pressure party. Well, let me say things that I do. I didn't call one person. I did not call one person. I could always say to him, 'I never called anybody.' What I'm saying is, I had confidence that the president would make the proper choice for our country, whatever that would be, and I said that. 'Whatever that is, we'll go with.'"
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When asked about Biden's performance and whether she thought he should step aside, Pelosi disagreed. "No. My whole point was, whatever he decides, but we have to have a more aggressive campaign," she said. She praised Biden's accomplishments, including his strong leadership at the NATO Summit. "He was in a good place to make whatever decision – the top of his game," Pelosi said. "Such a consequential President of the United States, a Mount Rushmore kind of President of the United States."
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Pelosi's book, "The Art of Power," is not a memoir but a reflection on significant historical episodes in which she played a major role. She recounts the chilling threats she received during the January 6 attack on the Capitol. "Nancy, we're coming for you, bitch," the mob had threatened. Pelosi identified the instigator of the insurrection as the then-President. "It was an insurrection instigated by the President of the United States. He now tries to disassociate himself from it, blaming it on and everybody else. But that's the way he is. This was instigated by him."
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In her book, Pelosi also recounts her defiant response to Trump's threat to march to the Capitol. "If he comes, I'm gonna punch him out for trespassing on the Capitol grounds. I'm gonna punch him out, and I'm gonna go to jail, and I'm going to be happy," she wrote. "I knew that I would have to pay a price, to go to jail," Pelosi said, "but I would be happy to do that."
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Pelosi is now focusing her efforts on defeating Donald Trump. She views him as an unwitting ally for the Democrats, stating, "the best organizer and fundraiser for the Democrats, because people know he should never set foot again in the White House – never should have, and shouldn't again." When asked about Trump's choice of Ohio Senator JD Vance as his running mate, Pelosi responded with laughter, "I think it was a great choice!"
Pelosi's advice to Kamala Harris for the upcoming campaign against Donald Trump is simple: "Just be yourself." She dismissed the attempts by Trump and his supporters to portray Harris as a radical left-wing figure, stating, "Well, the thing is, there's no question that they understand I make people laugh at them. And that's what they don't like, is to be laughed at. On the other hand, what I have always said about Trump and now – I don't know that much about Vance, but what we do know is menacing."
Pelosi, who is no longer part of the House leadership, is still running for re-election for her seat from San Francisco. When asked if she had ever been asked to run for President, Pelosi replied, "I haven't been asked, but I was encouraged to put my name in there sometime for Vice President. I said, 'Why would I wanna be Vice President?' I'm a legislator. I love legislating. People have to understand it's serious work. I mean, you really have to listen. What is the judgment you bring as to what priorities can prevail? What is your strategy to get it done? It's constant. It's constant. And it's being respectful of all kinds of points of view – inside maneuvering, outside mobilization. It's great. I love being a legislator."
