Threats made against Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) are being investigated by federal law enforcement, Politico reported Monday, citing “people familiar with the matter.”
Politico’s sources said that threats were made against Reid following his numerous criticisms of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and his backers, who he described as “domestic terrorists.” Reid’s security detail has been increased as a result, the report said.
“We are currently looking into threatening statements made against Sen. Reid as part of an ongoing investigation,” a U.S. Capitol Police spokesperson told the news outlet.
Reid has been one of Bundy’s most outspoken critics after the rancher became a conservative hero for facing off with the federal government over grazing fees. In addition to the “domestic terrorists” comment, he called Bundy “a hateful racist” after the rancher’s views about black people became public.
Reid has also been the subject of conspiracy theories because of his relationship with a top Bureau of Land Management official. The agency was at the forefront of the Bundy Ranch dispute.
yeah.i think i saw this on the NO NEWS channel
Very taliban. “I’m not a terrorist and I’ll kill you for saying that!”
So I imagine the Republicans will support the threats being made by their terrorist soul-mates against the Senate Majority Leader, since those threats are just a defense against “government overreach.”
Looks like the chumps are proving Reid (and Janet Napolitano) right. The right-wing is where the domestic terrorist threat is, notwithstanding some mean thing some nobody said about conservatives on someone’s blog comments.
‘hey it was just a joke, why are liberals so humorless?’
the right-wing excusemaking playbook is all too familiar by now.
Edited to add: FYI… when you use double quotes, it automagically blockquotes (turns into a citation) whatever is between the quotes.
If you just want to add a voice in character, use single quotes.