GOP Lawmaker Calls on Both Parties to Soft-Pedal Political Rhetoric Over Paul Pelosi Attack

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) (L) and her husband Paul Pelosi, outside of 10 Downing Street in central London, on Sept. 16, 2021. Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images

Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) has called on both Democrats and Republicans to tone down their political arguments in relation to the attack on Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) last week.

In comments to anchor Pamela Brown Oct. 30 on CNN Newsroom, Comer said, “I condemn any attack of political violence from anyone of either party. It’s wrong,” adding that he believed “people in both parties are guilty of intense rhetoric that really feeds into these people who are deranged and create violence.”