Paul Pelosi attends Kennedy Center Honors in first public appearance since attack

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He was attacked with a hammer at the couple’s home in San Francisco by a male assailant, who was searching for the speaker of the House, according to court documents.
“Tonight, we celebrate a truly exceptional, and this is not exaggeration, a truly exceptional group of artists – group of artists who embody the very spirit of ‘we the people.’ This year’s Kennedy Center honorees – they’re all an incredible group of people,” Biden said.
The honorees, selected for their contributions to American culture by the Kennedy Center’s Executive Committee of its Board of Trustees, were saluted at the Kennedy Center Opera House in front of their peers.
In 2017, then-President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump declined to attend the Kennedy Center Honors after two of the honorees that year – television writer and producer Norman Lear and dancer Carmen de Lavallade – said they would skip the Trump-hosted reception at the White House, citing political beliefs.