The unhinged note, addressed to Kinzinger’s wife, Sofia, begins: “That pimp you married not only broke his oath, he sold his soul.”
“Therefore, although it might take time, he will be executed.In an appearance earlier onHe was asked by host George Stephanopoulos if he fears for his and his family’s safety.“I’m not worried personally. This threat that came in, it was mailed to my house. We got it a couple of days ago and it threatens to execute me, as well as my wife and 5-month-old child. We’ve never seen or had anything like that. It was sent from the local area,” he said.
The congressman also railed against his own party and called out House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and former President Donald Trump.Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images “If you’re going stand in front of those people and lie to them and tell them Donald Trump’s right, the election was stolen, because that has you giving me $20 when I send you the next e-mail, or it’s way easier for my primary election, we can have no doubt that 80 percent of the country is going to believe what their leaders are saying,” he said. Rep. Dan Crenshaw
and his staff were confronted by a number of far-right activists, including members of the extremist Proud Boys group, at the Republican Party of Texas Convention in Houston. Rep. Adam Kinzinger said that a threat recently mailed to his house targeted him, his wife and their 5-month-old child.They called Crenshaw, a Navy SEAL who lost an eye fighting in Afghanistan, “Eyepatch McCain” and a “globalist RINO” as he and his staffers were walking through the lobby on Saturday.The “Eyepatch McCain” insult was started by Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who equated Crenshaw’s support of sending military aid to Ukraine to the policies of the late Republican Sen.
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