Georgia congressman David Scott says he's received death threats

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Georgia congressman says he's received death threats

By Christian Boone
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution


Rep. David Scott, a supporter of the just-passed health care reform bill, says he's received death threats from some opponents of the legislation.

."I've gotten death threats ... mail that says things like, ‘David Scott, you're nothing but a ‘ and ‘None of your colored constituents are going to be able to save you because we don't want this socialized Obamacare you're pushing because you Negroes are too lazy to take care of yourselves,' " Scott, who represents Georgia's 13th District, told Essence.com.

A swastika was painted outside the congressman's Smyrna office last August, less than two weeks after a town hall confrontation with a protester went viral. Scott's chief of staff, Michael Andel, told the AJC that the culprit was never found.

Though the threatening correspondences had subsided, Andel said they picked up again as Congress voted on the historic health care bill. Many of the letters and e-mails have been racially tinged, with most coming from "Republican-leaning districts in the state," Andel said.

The congressman's office sent the AJC a copy of a letter received Monday, addressed to "David Scott & Family":

"Ya'll don't need to worry about getting re-elected on November. But you'd better be moving out of GA (whole and all) before November because ya'll getting what's coming for ya. SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS." ..........(more)

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