MI-08: U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin campaign reports threat of violence to police
U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin said Sunday morning she received a call at her campaign headquarters last week from someone threatening to "shoot my way to victory."
She also said the caller used sexually explicit and violent language. The threat came a couple of weeks after federal and state law enforcement charged more than a dozen people in connection with an alleged plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
Slotkin, D-Holly, contacted U.S. Capitol Police and law enforcement in Lansing, who she said traced the threat to someone in Ingham County. She said she was told police determined the person was "unlikely to pose an actual threat."
“This is not the first time violent threats have been directed at me or members of my team," Slotkin said. "I am making this threat public because the climate has gotten significantly worse in the last few weeks. I also want to make clear that law enforcement will be involved in each and every threat we receive. We cannot let it be normal that political differences are metered out with threats of violence."
https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/10/25/elissa-slotkin-violent-call-police/6032377002/
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