Paul Pelosi
The incident at her San Francisco home had the "opposite effect" as she mulled whether to stay in the role, Pelosi said.
David DePape is facing federal and state charges for allegedly breaking into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's home and beating her husband with a hammer.
David DePape was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of assault and attempted kidnapping.
During an interview on CNN, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi talked about when she first learned of the attack on her husband Paul.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
The crowd cheered wildly at the escalation in rhetoric, which comes just days after a violent attack on Pelosi's husband.
"You see what the reaction is on the other side to this, to make a joke of it," the speaker said of the GOP. "And, really, that is traumatizing."
The former president appeared to mock the House speaker, who is dealing with the aftermath of a hammer attack on her husband, Paul Pelosi.
Social media users slammed the Fox News conversation as “pure unvarnished misogyny and homophobia."
The House speaker read poetry and urged unity as she revealed that Paul Pelosi's recovery will be "a long haul."
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said earlier this week that her husband was in for a "long recovery process."