Obama warns 'more people are going to get hurt' if political climate persists
Gulf Times
Former U.S. president Barack Obama gestures at a campaign rally for Senator Raphael Warnock ahead of the midterm elections in Atlanta, Georgia, US, October 28, 2022.
Democratic former President Barack Obama on Tuesday warned that "more people are going to get hurt" unless the US political climate changes, after the husband of the Speaker of the House was attacked by a man wielding a hammer.
A 42-year-old man has been charged with breaking into the home of Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday and, in her absence, attacking her 82-year-old husband, Paul Pelosi, fracturing his skull and causing other injuries. The suspect pleaded not guilty to attempted murder and a host of other state charges.
Campaigning at a rally for Democratic candidates in Nevada, the former president said he had spoken to Paul Pelosi recently and "he's going to be OK."
But Obama expressed grave concern about "this erosion of just basic civility and democratic norms," in a country where supporters of Republican former President Donald Trump violently attacked the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to overturn the 2020 election results.
