Law enforcement warns of 'credible threat' against Texas legislators who voted for abortion ban

[TexasTowelie]

by Cassandra Pollock, Texas Tribune


Law enforcement on Tuesday evening alerted members of the Texas Legislature about “a credible threat” to their safety, citing that the concern was targeted at members who voted for the new six-week abortion ban passed by lawmakers earlier this year.

In an email to lawmakers Tuesday, Kevin Cooper, the Department of Public Safety’s chief of government relations, said the agency had received “a CREDIBLE THREAT TO YOUR SAFETY from the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a majority of you in the Texas Legislature.” Cooper said in a follow-up email that the threat “only applies to those members who may have voted for” the abortion bill that passed as Senate Bill 8 during the regular legislative session that ended in May.

The threat was apparently made on Reddit and included the names of House and Senate members who voted for the legislation. The user threatened to “end each one of you” and said the lawmakers at hand “are not people to me.”

That legislation, which went into effect Sept. 1, bans abortions as early as six weeks into pregnancy — when many women don’t yet know they are pregnant. The new law is enforced by private citizens who can sue abortion providers or others “aiding and abetting” the procedure.

Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2021/09/22/texas-legislature-threat-abortion/

I don't make threats, but I do make promises. I promise against my state representative and state senator that voted for this legislation. I also promise to work on seeing the remaining legislators that supported the legislation voted out of office.

[riversedge]

1. This is so wrong. I hate to see

"our side' [those to support a women's right to choose] engage in these horrible threats. There is nothing about who sent it--could have been the 'other side' also. Just saying.



...............It was unclear Wednesday whether a credible threat meant that lawmakers involved were in imminent danger. A spokesperson for the Texas Department of Public Safety said in a statement to The Texas Tribune that it “takes all matters of personal security and public safety very seriously and we do not discuss details of ongoing threats and investigations.”

Lawmakers facing safety threats over legislation at the Capitol isn’t uncommon, and members from both parties have received various threats related to bills they have supported or voted against during previous legislative sessions.

During the 2017 legislative session, for example, state Rep. Tony Tinderholt, R-Arlington, was placed under DPS protection after receiving death threats related to legislation he filed to criminalize abortion in Texas.

[elleng]

2. Anyone else think this is a scam, a fraudulent threat sent to FBI?

[secondwind]

3. First thing that popped into my head.

[elleng]

4. Setting up MORE rage against 'us.'

[TexasTowelie]

7. Yep, it's a move to manipulate public opinion. nt

[The Magistrate]

5. This Does Not Pass The Small Test, Sir

I will need an actual arrest to take it seriously.

[TexasTowelie]

6. I agree with your assessment and with those that also commented.

When I read the article I also thought it could be a false flag operation. In this instance please me as the opinionated messenger delivering the news.

[elleng]

8. Right.