Question: When is it okay to suggest that a United States Senator be assassinated? Answer: Well, legally, never. It’s worth a five-year prison sentence. That didn’t stop the Tea Partiers assembled for a conference call, who included “prominent conservative policymakers Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL)’s communications director Stephen Miller and Heritage Foundation research fellow Robert Rector,” as reported by Think Progress BOB FROM MAINE: I’m from Maine and our Tea Party will be meeting up next week. What is the best way that we can get our senator to listen to us? ANOTHER CALLER: Shoot her. [laughter] MODERATOR: Yes, we will shoot her with…(inaudible) and phone calls. After the anonymous statement was made, no one on the call voiced their opposition. Instead, the threat was met with laughter and “oohs.” (At the time of the incident, Sessions’ communications director had apparently left the call.) Calling for the assassination of a senator is a federal crime punishable by five years of jail and may require a Secret Service investigation. The senator being spoken of is Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine. She’s also the highest ranked member of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the senior senator from Maine. As far as Republicans go, she’s one of the last of a seemingly dying breed: a moderate. She’s been repeatedly endorsed by the Human Rights Campaign, and some Republicans don’t appreciate her all that much due to a somewhat left-of-center voting record. Most people describe her as a bipartisan and centrist. You know, those people that America wishes made up all of Congress — or at least enough of it to make something useful happen. addictinginfo.org/2013/05/31/tea-party-suggests-us-senator-be-assassinated-to-make-her-listen/
Posted on: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:23:49 +0000
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