Republican representative Jason Lewis felt scared enough to alert Capitol Police over threats against him and his daughters in the wake of reexamined comments he made as a radio show host. (Fox News)
The Minnesota congressman said his daughters were threatened in sick messages received by his office. It marks the latest in a wave of threats against not just Republican lawmakers themselves but their families.
Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y., also revealed threats against his daughters this month, telling Todd Starnes that “some of the stuff that has been said has been quite sick” and the number of threats has increased dramatically since the last election.
Total reported threats against congressmen doubled from 2016 to 2017, according to the House Sergeant at Arms.
Last month, police arrested a man after he allegedly told Rep. Brian Mast (R-Fla.) that if the administration would continue to separate children at the border, he would “kill his kids.”
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