Rep. Connolly: 'vulnerability' in field offices after staffers attacked | USA TODAY

Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) describes the attack on members of his staff in a field office in Fairfax, Virginia that left two people hospitalized. RELATED: Mass shooting in New Mexico injures two officers, leaves several dead https://bit.ly/3MdVQSe The attack in Connolly's office is the latest of multiple recent acts of political violence among threats to members of Congress, their staffs and families. In October, Paul Pelosi, husband of then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was hospitalized and had multiple surgeries after being attacked with a hammer. In March, a member of Kentucky GOP Sen. Rand Paul’s staff was “randomly and brutally attacked” in Washington, D.C. Democratic Rep. Angie Craig of Minnesota was assaulted in her Washington apartment building in February, suffering only bruises from the attack. » Subscribe to USA TODAY: http://bit.ly/1xa3XAh » Watch more on this and other topics from USA TODAY: https://bit.ly/3q3ON4B » USA TODAY delivers current local and national news, sports, entertainment, finance, technology, and more through award-winning journalism, photos, videos and VR. #Virginia #Politics #Gerryconnolly