rep.Brad Miller receives death threat on health care reform

[ccharles000]

(he is my rep and I really like him)

Rep. Brad Miller (D-NC) will not be hosting any town hall events this August -- instead, he's making himself available to constituents for one-on-one meetings about health care reform -- and at least part of the reason is this: His offices have received threatening phone calls, including at least one direct threat against his life.

"We had no town hall events scheduled for the August recess anyway, but in light of everything that's happened -- we have received a threatening phone call in the D.C. office, there have been calls to the Raleigh office," said Miller communications director LuAnn Canipe, in an interview with TPM. The threatening call in question happened earlier this week.

"The call to the D.C. office was, 'Miller could lose his life over this,'" said Canipe. "Our staffer took it so seriously, he confirmed what the guy was saying. He said, 'Sir is that a threat?' and at that time our staffer was getting the phone number off caller ID and turning it over to the Capitol Police."

They haven't heard anything back from the police yet, but they did get the caller's number. So this could develop into something soon enough.

Canipe explained that Miller had no plans for a town hall before and won't be holding any now, due to this event and the examples he's already seen from the around the country: "Our point is, we're not gonna be bullied into having a town hall so it can then be interrupted by the fake grassroots folks."

"We don't want to people to think we're shutting out our constituents," Canipe added.. "We're meeting with them one on one to discuss health care reform."

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/08/dem-congressmans-office-his-life-has-been-threatened-over-health-care-bill.php

[Jennicut]

1. These people are nuts. And the lovely GOP operatives who are egging them on

are disgusting. This goes back to the riling up on the crazies during the McLame and Phalin rallies. Its downright unsettling and disgusting.

[ccharles000]

2. yup

[SIMPLYB1980]

3. Sigh.

[nightrain]

4. K&R. Thanks for letting us know... so sad and scary.

[SoCalDem]

5. "Mission Accomplished"

:(

This was their plan to start with. Intimidation, followed by cancellation. They "win".

Their twisted message will be the only one "heard"...just like on radio & tv:grr:

and the pollsters will be churning out polls in record number, reporting about how "the public is against health care reform"..

[City Lights]

6. Fascist, brownshirt thugs.

And they called us sore losers after the 2000 theft. :eyes:

Now the tables have turned and their attitude is, "Let me have my way, or I'll kill you." :scared:

I hope the police are able to track down this thug through caller ID.

[muntrv]

7. Enough is enough! Use the Bush/Cheney Patriot Act on them!

[tsuki]

8. It's the Rupert Morlock Brigade. nt

[agentS]

9. The next mass shooter is on the move, I see

If they're nuts now, wait till the Congress takes on a gun bill in 2011 or 2012.

[tekisui]

12. That's not going to happen.

[ccharles000]

10. kick

[tekisui]

11. Heath Shuler is doing a 'Tele-Town Hall'

It may be for safety, but I just assumed it was because he doesn't know what to say until someone tells him. He can read notes handed to him when it's done over the phone.

[SoxFan]

14. Jeanne Shaheen is, too

[BeyondGeography]

13. I hear the caller has been ID'd

[ensho]

15. I hope the various cop shops are ready for all of this

a report said the Secret Serv. has so many death threats against Obama that they are stressed.

other cop agencys will be stressed too.