Trump Cultists Deluge GOP Rep With Death Threats

Politico reports:

GOP Rep. Tom Rice had barely ever criticized Donald Trump before he shocked just about everyone by voting to impeach him in January 2021. His experience over the next 17 months in his district might explain why so few in his party have chosen to join him.

Voters have hung out of car windows and yelled from crowds to call him a “traitor.” His chief of staff had to sort through death threats to decide which ones she needed to flag for Rice and which ones should go straight to the police.

On Tuesday, he will face a Trump-endorsed opponent, state Rep. Russell Fry, in a contest that is very likely to extend into a vicious runoff where the former president can continue his “revenge tour” against the incumbent.

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Death threats and epithets: The lonely primary of one Republican who impeached Trump – POLITICO https://t.co/d09URhkSBU

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