WaPo: Violent Threats To Political Leaders Are Surging

The Washington Post reports:

Bomb threats last week caused evacuations at state capitol buildings across the country. Federal authorities arrested and charged a man with threatening to kill a congressman and his children, while other members of Congress dealt with swatting incidents.

The Maine secretary of state and the Colorado Supreme Court, both of which recently deemed Donald Trump ineligible to run for the presidency because he engaged in an insurrection, received a surge of threats after being castigated by Trump in speeches and social media posts.

While some on the right have been affected, many targets share a common attribute: They have done or said something that has earned Trump’s ire. While some are prominent, others have relatively low-profile roles. The intensity has accelerated in recent weeks.

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Violent political threats surge as 2024 begins, haunting American democracy

Bomb scares, swatting incidents and death threats targeting public officials have risen in frequency in recent weeks. https://t.co/ie0HdK3fNM

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 9, 2024