Paul Pelosi , the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi , was violently assaulted inside his home Friday morning in San Francisco, according to a Pelosi spokesman and local police.

An assailant broke into the home and asked "Where's Nancy? Where's Nancy?" according to an NBC News source.

Officers arrived at the home to perform a welfare check and found the suspect and Pelosi both having one hand on a single hammer. Police then saw the suspect attack Pelosi, 82, with the hammer, San Francisco police Chief Bill Scott said during a news conference Friday. Scott added Pelosi was struck at least once in the attack.

The officers disarmed the suspect, Scott said.

"This was not a random attack. This was intentional. And it's wrong," Scott said. "Our elected officials are here to do the busi

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