Washington Democrats and Republicans denounce attack on Pelosi’s husband

The attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul, in their San Francisco home brought condemnation from Washington Democrats and Republicans, including both candidates for U.S. Senate.

“My heart goes out to Nancy and her family. Everyone has to condemn this kind of violence. When I heard he was chanting, ‘Where is Nancy, where is Nancy,’ my head went back to the January 6th insurrection and what I was hearing in the Capitol,” said Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash).

“I condemn any violence against anyone in this country, that should not be happening at all. My heart goes out to the Pelosi family, and I absolutely condemn the violence that occurred,” said Republican challenger Tiffany Smiley.

Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee said Smiley and two GOP congressional candidates, Matt Larkin and Joe Kent, must go further and denounce former president Donald Trump’s denial of the 2020 election.

“Tiffany Smiley, Matt Larkin, Joe Kent, they’re enabling this election denial that foments this violence,” Inslee said. “When these candidates are asked point blank, was Joe Biden fairly elected, they refuse to answer and they go around allowing and enabling these doubts about the fairness of our election to grow.”

“I don’t really know what Governor Inslee is talking about,” Smiley said Friday. “If he read any of my press briefings or read any of the news, he would know that I have been very clear from the beginning and that Joe Biden is our president and it is time to move forward as a country.”

Neither the Larkin nor Kent campaigns immediately responded to the governor’s statements.

Earlier, Larkin issued a statement that included, “violence has no place in politics.”

Kent also condemned the attack, writing in part, “political violence is unacceptable in our nation.”

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