U.S. President Joe Biden said the attack on U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband on Friday was "despicable" and everybody needs to stand up against violence in politics. Former U.S. President Barack Obama said at a rally in Georgia that Nancy Pelosi’s Husband, Paul Pelosi, was a “good friend” and that politicians stir up divisions to make people “angry”. Vice President Kamala Harris decried the attack and called it an act of "extreme violence."