Paul and wifeNancy Pelosi, both 82, attended the 45th Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday to celebrate the accomplishments of honorees includingGeorge Clooney, Amy Grant, Gladys Knight, Tania León and U2.
Wearing a black hat and a single black glove, Paul stood alongside Nancy at The Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. and received astanding ovationfrom an audience including President Joe Biden.
Taking to the stage, British actorSacha Baron Cohenjoked about Biden’s predecessor in the White House,Donald Trump, saying in the guise of his comic creation Borat Sagdiyev “I am told the president of USA Today is here. Where are you, Mr. Trump’s?”
“You don’t look so good! Where has your glorious big belly gone and your pretty orange skin?” added Cohen’s Kazakh television journalist.
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Paul has since successfully undergone surgery torepair a skull fractureand was also treated for facial injuries at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center.
He was released from thehospital six days after the attackand is expected to make “a full recovery,” Nancy’s spokesperson Drew Hammill shared in a statement last month."
His alleged attacker, 42-year-oldDavid DePape, has been charged with attempted murder, attempted kidnapping and assault.
Nancy released a statement after the attack, sharing that she was thankful for the “beautiful outpouring oflove, support and prayers” to her family.
“Paul is grateful to the 911 operator, emergency responders, trauma care team, ICU staff, and the entire ZSFGH medical staff for their excellent and compassionate life-saving treatment he received after the violent assault in our home,” the statement read.
She added said last week that Paul is “coming along” but still recovering during a press conference, per theNew York Post.
“It’s going to take a while,” she said. “It’s going to take a while. Head injuries are — they have an impact beyond surgery. It’s a big thing.”
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She then shared that she wouldcontinue to serve as a member of the House, “speaking for the people of San Francisco, serving the great state of California and defending our Constitution.”
“A new day is dawning on the horizon and I look forward, always forward, to the unfolding story of our nation – a story of light and love, of patriotism and progress, of many becoming one,” Pelosi said, earning a standing ovation and embraces from her colleagues, many of whom could be seen wiping tears from their faces at the close of her speech.
source: people.com
