Lawmakers coming under increased threats — sometimes from one another

Threats against lawmakers have reached an all-time high of 9,600, according to U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) data shared in a hearing last week, outpacing 2020 figures.

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The risk was brought to the forefront just Thursday, when USCP officers arrested a Michigan woman who they said showed up outside the department’s headquarters with multiple guns seeking to talk about the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the Capitol…

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) last week suggested using Second Amendment rights to defend against Democrats.

The Second Amendment “gives us the ability to defend ourselves from a tyrannical government,” she said. “And I hate to use this language, but Democrats, they’re doing exactly what our founders talked about when they gave us the precious rights that we have.”

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