10/3/2022
A prominent Republican senator said over the weekend she “wouldn’t be surprised” if a member of Congress were assassinated in today’s overwrought political environment, as a new report said that threats against lawmakers have increased tenfold between 2016 and 2021.
“I wouldn’t be surprised if a senator or House member were killed,” Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) told the New York Times in an interview published Saturday.
Threats against Collins herself escalated in 2018 when she announced that she would support the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court despite allegations of sexual misconduct.
Shortly after, she received a written message that included video of a beheading.
“We will c-t off your l-mbs and sl-ce off yo-r faces. We will t-ar out your tongues and dism-mber your org-as and sl-t your thro-ts while you watch,” the letter read.
Sen. Susan Collins received a written message that included video of a beheading after she announced that she would support the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh.
The Times report, citing figures kept by US Capitol Police, noted that recorded threats against members of Congress increased tenfold to 9,625 in 2021, and that the department had opened 1,820 cases in the first three months of 2022.
The report noted that lawmakers from both parties have been stalked, had armed visitors show up at their homes and been victims of vandalism and assault since last year’s Capitol riot.
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