'I'm very disturbed': George Conway predicts that the US is 'going to see more' violence in the wake of Paul Pelosi assault

George T. Conway III, husband of White House Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway, attends the 139th Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House April 17, 2017 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

• George Conway expressed fears of more violence following the Paul Pelosi attack.
• "I'm very disturbed that people on the conservative side aren't calling this out enough," he told CNN.
• Pelosi was attacked by an intruder in his home on Friday. 

Prominent conservative lawyer George Conway predicts more violence following the recent attack against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband. 

During an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer, Conway expressed his fears that political violence against high-ranking officials will continue. 

"I'm worried that we're facing an era where we're going to see more of this.  I'm very disturbed that people on the conservative side aren't calling this out enough the way Mike Pence did today," Conway said on Friday. "We haven't heard anything from President Trump. We haven't heard anything from a lot of people on the conservative side."

"I think part of the reason is that they're trying to pretend that this has nothing to do with the conspiracy theories that had been advanced among their voters."

Pelosi's husband, Paul, was violently attacked with a hammer by an intruder who broke into their San Francisco home on Friday. The suspect was looking for the House Speaker and shouted, "Where is Nancy?" similar to the rioters of the January 6, 2021 riot. However, she was not home and was in Washington, DC, at the time of the attack. Paul, who secretly called 911 during the confrontation, was sent to the hospital and is recovering. 

The suspect, identified as 42-year-old David Depape, was arrested and is facing an array of charges, including attempted homicide. It was revealed that Depape blogged about conspiracy theories and far-right views. Experts told Insider that the assault is a result of the normalization of violence in mainstream media. Since the incident, some Republicans, including some who amplified 2020 election conspiracy theories, have condemned the attack. However, former President Donald Trump has been notably silent.

During the interview, Blitzer asked Conway if he thinks the incident is a "turning point" in the wake of the Capitol riot. 

"I wish it were. I wish people would pay more attention to what happened on Jan. 6 and the underlying causes like the big lie of this," Conway responded. "I'm afraid if Jan. 6 itself hasn't caused as much consternation among some segments of the public that it should have. I'm not sure that this one event, tragic and horrible as it was, is going to add to it."

He added, "I fear that some of the rhetoric is still not going to be tamped down. I fear the former president, who is probably going to run for reelection ... he's going to try to use violence as a form of defense."