Details Emerge On False “Swatting” Call To MTG’s Home

August 24, 2022 Extremists, Republicans

Five police officers showed up at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s home overnight after an alleged opponent of her stance on transgender rights made a false 911 call, authorities in Georgia said Wednesday.

The “swatting” call falsely claimed that a man had been shot multiple times in a bathtub at a residence in Rome, Georgia, the city’s police department said in a report shared with CNBC.

Afterward, the department received a second call from a suspect using a computer-generated voice who claimed responsibility for the incident. The suspect “explained that they were upset about Ms. Greene’s stance on ‘trans-gender youth’s rights’, and stated that they were trying to ‘SWAT’ her,” the police report said.

Read the full article. Greene was home and answered the door when police arrived, according to their report.

Georgia cops respond to ‘swatting’ call at home of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene https://t.co/8jtiWsihxt

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