Arizona Rep Andy Biggs slammed for making 'hammer' joke on Nancy Pelosi
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA: Republican Andy Biggs cracked a joke on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi saying "finding the hammer" days after her husband Paul Pelosi was attacked by a person holding a hammer. During his remarks in Scottsdale, Arizona Rep Biggs said, "We're going to show Nancy Pelosi the door very shortly. Don't let it hit you on the backside, Nancy. She's losing the gavel but finding the hammer. Too soon? Is that too soon? I didn't know. I just didn't know." Kyung Lah, a senior national correspondent for CNN, seems to have broken the remark on Twitter first, since then the video of Biggs making the joke about Pelosi and the hammer was posted by multiple users on social media.
Meanwhile, Biggs' joke alluded to a vicious assault that took place on Paul Pelosi, the husband of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, on October 28. Paul Pelosi was hit with a hammer by an intruder who broke into the couple's San Francisco home, according to San Francisco Police, leaving him with a cracked skull and other wounds. Nancy Pelosi was reportedly in Washington, DC, at the time. The suspect, David DePape, 42, was meanwhile detained on allegations of attempted murder, elder abuse, and burglary.
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