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After the speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, announced her resignation from the Democratic leadership of the Lower House, there was speculation that the hammer attack suffered by her husband, Paul Pelosi, was key to making that decision, however, it was not like that.
It was during a meeting with the American press that Pelosi made it clear that that attack it did not motivate her to resign.
“Nope , it had the opposite effect (…) Anyway, it made me think about staying”, assured Pelosi.
According to ABC News, Pelosi has noted that, After nearly 80 years as the House Democratic leader, it was time to step down and do other types of activities such as “dancing” or “singing”. “There is a life out there, right?” highlighted that the most traumatic part of the situation was that the attack occurred in his private home in San Francisco.
Pelosi also admitted feeling bad about the attack on her husband when it was clear that they were looking for her “If he had fallen, slipped on the ice or had an accident and injured his head, that would be horrible, but let it be an assault against him because they were looking for me… They call it ‘survivor’s guilt.’ or something like that”, he admitted.
On Thursday at noon Nancy Pelosi resigned from the leadership of the Democratic Party in the House of Representatives and
confirmed that he would continue to serve as a congressman speaking for the people of San Francisco.
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