Bomb threats sent to Democrats on Thanksgiving were signed with 'MAGA,' says House leader
Source: The Independent
Friday 29 November 2024 20:08 GMT
At least five Democratic members of Congress who were targeted with bomb threats and “swatting” attempts on Thanksgiving received messages signed with “MAGA,” according to House Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
US Capitol Police and state and local police cleared the threats, which followed a series of similar incidents targeting several of Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees.
Bomb threats were reported on Thursday at the homes of Senator Chris Murphy as well as Reps. Jahana Hayes, Joe Courtney, John Larson and Jim Himes, the top-ranking Democratic member of the House Intelligence Committee, according to their offices. All represent the state of Connecticut.
“These incidents ranged from detailed threats of a pipe bomb placed in mailboxes to swatting, all signed with ‘MAGA’ at the conclusion of the message,” Jeffries said in a statement on Friday, referencing Trump’s “Make America Great Again” acronym. “America is a democracy,” he added. “Threats of violence against elected officials are unacceptable, unconscionable and have no place in a civilized society. All perpetrators of political violence directed at any party must be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.”
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The statement ends with this: “We have been in close communication with the Sergeant at Arms office and it is imperative that Congress provide maximum protection for all Members and their families moving forward.”
And what will Fox News and all of the AM hate radio stations in the US do for the next four years? Sit on their hands? The GOP and the RW media won't turn off the spigot of hate.
"In Rwanda 30 years ago, the radio station RTLM, allied with leaders of the government, had been inciting Hutus against the Tutsi minority, repeatedly describing the latter as inyenzi, or “cockroaches,” and as inzoka, or “snakes.” The station, unfortunately, had many listeners."
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Tutsi detainees in 1994 Rwanda. In 100 days, 500,000 to 662,000 Tutsis were killed. (Image: Washington Post)
The Land Commissioner of Texas already donated a huge parcel of land to the next administration for use as a concentration camp to incarcerate deportees on an industrial scale.
Sources:
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/04/rwanda-shows-how-hateful-speech-leads-violence/587041/
https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/1998/far-right-radio-hate-speech-booming