Bremerton lawmaker gets death threats after filing bill regarding drive-by shootings
A state lawmaker from Bremerton says she has received death threats after conservative media outlets seized on a bill over the holidays to remove fatal drive-by shootings from a list of “aggravators” that require a life sentence for people convicted of first-degree murder. Police are investigating.
State Rep. Tarra Simmons, a Democrat, filed the bill before Christmas and before leaving for vacation with her family on a cruise in Mexico.
What started as a local stir spread into the national conservative media. Outlets like Breitbart and Fox News published stories on Simmons' bill.
Simmons said this set off a cascade of hostile, harassing and threatening messages to her personal social media accounts. She has not yet checked her official voicemail and email accounts, but she described herself as “inundated.” Particularly disturbing to her were messages left on photos of her children and ones that referenced her family.
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