Trump vows to end Pelosi’s career as he drops hint about 2024 White House run

Former US President Donald Trump has vowed to end the political career of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, calling the top Democrat an “animal” for impeaching him twice, as he made his strongest hint yet that he may launch a third run for the White House after the midterm elections.

Trump, who was appearing at a rally near Dayton, Ohio on Monday in support of Republican Senate candidate JD Vance, lashed out at Pelosi less than two weeks after the Democratic Speaker’s husband, Paul Pelosi, was assaulted by an assailant with a hammer at the couple’s San Francisco home.

Trump's disparaging remarks about Pelosi were made on the eve of the decisive midterm elections on Tuesday.

He used the rally to declare that he would be “making a very big announcement” about his future at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida on November 15.

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Trump made the comment about Pelosi immediately after mentioning an MS-13 gang member convicted of murder, to whom he referred the same way: “This was an animal.”

"I think she’s an animal, too, to tell you the truth,” Trump said at the rally.

He also referred to Pelosi as “crazy Nancy Pelosi,” as he repeatedly has before in disparaging remarks targeting the Speaker who led the House as it impeached Trump twice during his tenure in office.

“We are going to end crazy Nancy Pelosi’s political career once and for all!” he said as his supporters cheered. 

Paul Pelosi, speaker’s husband, beaten with hammer at home

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul, was “violently assaulted” by an assailant who broke into their San Francisco home early Friday.

In the meantime, the brutal attack against Pelosi, which authorities have described as politically-motivated, has raised concerns, especially among Democrats, about political violence and Republican rhetoric.
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In the aggravated assault, which was carried out after breaking and entering in the early morning hours of Oct. 28, the 82-year-old Pelosi suffered blunt force trauma to his head and body.

Last week, San Francisco's District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said the attack on Pelosi was "politically motivated."

David DePape, the man accused of attacking Pelosi, is a San Fransico-based Canadian with alt-right ideology who published multiple blogs in which he posted bigoted commentary directed at people of color, women, Muslims, Jews, members of the LGBTQ community and immigrants.

This comes as 9 of 10 Americans fear political violence as midterms near, resonating the political crisis surrounding the 2020 US presidential election.

As midterms near, 9 of 10 Americans fear political violence

Shortly before their midterm legislative elections, a stunning new poll shows that 9 out of 10 Americans are afraid of politically-motivated violence.

A recent Washington Post-ABC News poll showed that 88 percent were concerned the political divisions had intensified to a degree that there was an increased risk of politically-motivated violence in the US.

On Wednesday, Biden pleaded with the people of America to accept election results and avoid resorting to violence.

“We must, with one overwhelming unified voice, speak as a country and say there’s no place, no place for voter intimidation or political violence in America, whether it’s directed at Democrats or Republicans,” Biden said. “No place, period. No place, ever.”

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