Threatening letter sent to Donald Trump's son, Eric
Source: CBS News
NEW YORK -- The Secret Service, FBI and New York Police Department are investigating what sources tell CBS News is a threatening piece of mail sent to Donald Trump's son, Eric Trump.
The mail, sent to Eric Trump at his posh Manhattan residence at 100 Central Park South, also known as Trump Parc East, was opened by his wife Thursday.
A source close to the investigation said the letter had a Massachusetts postmark and warned that if Donald Trump doesn't withdraw from the race for the Republican presidential nomination -- paraphrasing -- harm will come to the kids.
A source familiar with the matter said the envelope contained suspicious white powder that's been sent to a lab for testing. The source said a preliminary field test indicated the substance didn't appear to be hazardous.
Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/threatening-letter-sent-to-donald-trump-son-eric-trump/
Aristus
(66,462 posts)In the early 2000's, it was used to silence war-dissenting Democrats in Congress.
BlueState
(642 posts)I hope the perpetrator is caught and punished.
That's all that needs to be said on this topic.
LiberalArkie
(15,728 posts)damage they need to include a pink or purple powder. Some gears in the heads would be spinning for a bit trying to figure out the message.
Mendocino
(7,505 posts)Last edited Fri Mar 18, 2016, 04:11 PM - Edit history (1)
I wouldn't put it past Trump.
lamp_shade
(14,841 posts)JustAnotherGen
(31,879 posts)He makes up every thing else -why not this?
TexasBushwhacker
(20,214 posts)Personally, I find Cruz and his followers even scarier than Trump's.
Strelnikov_
(7,772 posts)houston16revival
(953 posts)No one deserves that kind of thing
It's a hate crime
Might also have originated from a supporter trying to stoke
sympathy of sorts
There are sick people in the land
Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)Were the Trumps smart enough to wipe their fingerprint off the envelope and not lick the flap?
Loki
(3,825 posts)that is the big game hunter and likes to kill beautiful, and endangered animals, just because he can?
http://www.snopes.com/donald-trumps-son-game-hunting-photos/
mithnanthy
(1,725 posts)are big game animal killers....disgusting hobbie.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,214 posts)I can't imagine the mindset of a person like that. "Wow, what a beautiful animal. Let's kill it!" But then, they don't even own up to their actions. They don't "kill" the animals, they "take" them. They don't cut the head off and leave the carcass to rot. They "take the trophy". Evil motherfuckers.
MariaThinks
(2,495 posts)wendylaroux
(2,925 posts)for sympathy,attention.
pandr32
(11,612 posts)Every time I see a Trump son standing behind the father my mind overlays an image I cannot shake--the two sons grinning and holding the tail of an elephant they lopped off as a prize after training their scopes on the majestic, threatened creature and shooting it down in the coldest of cold blood.
Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)Bucky
(54,065 posts)The reason we don't ramp up the violence rhetoric in politics is because the range of humanity in a democracy includes the mentally unstable. Trump needs to be put down by a healthy public vote and the nation needs to heal.
patricia92243
(12,601 posts)not learn from this experience and continue to hit on his opponents families.
houston16revival
(953 posts)Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)justify forming his own personal uniformed armed Security Militia.
PeoViejo
(2,178 posts)It exceeds credulity.
Bad Dog
(2,025 posts)olddad56
(5,732 posts)2naSalit
(86,775 posts)Earth_First
(14,910 posts)I'm cautiously skeptical.
Regardless, expect this to become a major turning point in utilizing this event as a strategy during the campaign...
Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)I'd like to think it wasn't, but if I didn't consider it as a possibility, I'd be totally naive.
Viva_La_Revolution
(28,791 posts)Might be the same person like a Cruz supporter, or the news report gave them the idea. I find it more curious that it's being reported than that it happened.
jtuck004
(15,882 posts)redwitch
(14,947 posts)Trump tactics.
trueblue2007
(17,238 posts)Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)Whoever sent that letter should be found, arrested, charged, and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
tomm2thumbs
(13,297 posts)I'm guessing it was someone vying for attention, whether a Trump supporter or not. No doubt an idiot no matter how you slice it, and definitely no room in the race for this sort of thing. It only encourages copycat acts which may get worse.
Not cool
MFM008
(19,818 posts)What's with the hair on guys named Trump?
blm
(113,091 posts).
TBF
(32,090 posts)Myrina
(12,296 posts)I think most of us have only heard of Don Jr & daughter Ivanka.