Clyburn Says Noose Depiction Faxed To His Office After HCR Vote (Stupak gets one too)

[deminks]

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/03/clyburn-says-photo-of-noose-faxed-to-his-office-after-hcr-vote-video.php

The right-wing protest movement that amped up during the final debate over the health care reform bill in the House has stepped up another notch, according to one of the most senior black lawmakers in the Congress.

In an interview with CNN tonight, House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-SC) said that his office had received a fax that depicted a noose.

Clyburn told CNN's Wolf Blitzer that the Republican leaders were partly to blame for the extremist rhetoric (and now imagery) that has been flying at Democratic members directly before and after the health care reform vote.

Clyburn called on Republicans to step in and call out the extremist.

"I have seen this before," Clyburn told CNN. "These kinds of things happen when people in positions of authority do not do what they do to tamp this down."

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Edited to add:

Also Rep. Stupak received similar fax:

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/03/stupak-receives-threatening-fax-with-drawing-of-noose.php

Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI) received a fax today with a drawing of a noose and gallows, labeled "Bart (SS) Stupak."

The fax also a included a printout of a post from a blog called the Collins Report, a screed against Stupak for voting for Health Care Reform. (There is no reason to believe that anyone connected to the Collins Report added the noose and gallows or sent the fax to Stupak's office. The person who runs The Collins Report did not immediately return a request for comment.)

(copy of the fax and excerpt at the link)



Can't we track that kind of thing now?

[theothersnippywshrub]

1. How very republican. The party of Lincoln has become the party of John Wilkes Booth. n/t

[my2sense]

2. Seems there should be several loonies being picked up

right about now. What happened to the republicans stance on criminals? Ohh...I forget....it doesn't apply to them.

:shrug:

[DemoTex]

3. FAX leaves a trail that any damn fool can follow.

What morons!

[KamaAina]

6. The phone number of the originating fax must be on top of the fax as received.

Of course, if they're bright enough to pound sand (a HUGE if), it'll trace back to a Kinko's or something like that. :eyes:

[Jennicut]

4. Deliberate pattern over the last few days to intimidate.

I hope something actually legally happens to these idiots.

[Cass]

5. This is getting very scary. These teabag nuts are dangerous and something needs to be done

about them. Republican leaders who remain silent send the message that they condone this.

[chill_wind]

7. Zero tolerance. I wish he himself would have pressed charges

against the spitters on day one, or that Rep Cleaver would have It wouldn't have stopped these events since, but it would have set the policy. He's not going to get help from Republicans. They have all gone insane.