John Kless was charged with making threatening phone calls to the offices of Eric Swalwell, Rashida Tlaib, and Cory Booker. The calls all referenced remarks by Rep. Ilhan Omar.
A 49-year-old man was arrested in Florida on federal charges for threatening to kill multiple Democrats in Congress.
“You know what, she's lucky she's just getting death threats bitch,” the message to Tlaib allegedly stated in referencing the numerous threats made against Omar in recent days.juxtaposing a portion of recent remarks from Omar commenting on 9/11 with images of the Twin Towers in flames. Trump’s video excerpted the portion of Omar’s remarks in which she says “some people did something” to accuse her of dismissing the attack.that their office has seen an increase in threats, as well as menacing tweets and accusations of treason following the video.
"There should be a respectful debate on this issue," he said."But threatening violence is the lowest form of communication and has no place in our community. Further, if your response to a lawmaker proposing to make it harder for dangerous people to get dangerous weapons is to threaten to kill that lawmaker, you have proven exactly why we need more restrictions on firearm possession.
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