Tea Party Group Hit With Death Threats

[alienlovechild 75]

One of Washington's principal supporters of the Tea Party movement, former GOP Majority Leader ####### Armey's FreedomWorks, has been receiving death threats and profanity-laced phone calls as it gets involved in the fall elections. The number and intensity have reached such heights that the organization is leaving its downtown location near the FBI and moving to a high-security building near the U.S. Capitol.

"FreedomWorks and ####### Armey receive dozens of threatening and harassing calls and E-mails each day. Many imply violence and use of weapons," spokesman Adam Brandon tells Whispers. "As we get closer to the election we expect the harassment to increase."

He says that FreedomWorks will hire additional security, meaning less money for its election-eve, get-out-the-vote, or GOTV, campaign. "Unfortunately, we may have to use resources for security guards that we would rather use for GOTV," he said.

The group plans to move to 400 North Capitol Street NW, a secure building two blocks from the U.S. Capitol. That building also houses Fox News Channel's Washington Bureau and several other media outlets.

FreedomWorks provided some of the recordings of the threatening calls to Whispers and they include physical threats and profanity aimed at the group, Tea Party spokesmen and even conservative talkers. "You guys better watch it," says one caller. "Now, we are going to destroy and obliterate Rush [Limbaugh] and Sean Hannity," said another. "Those two guys are dead."

http://politics.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2010/08/25/tea-party-group-hit-with-death-threats

[BobandXiaomei 14]

Disgusting. Not the way we resolve politics here.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Disgusting. Not the way we resolve politics here.

This is true. One should always remember, however, that you reap what you sow.

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

This is true. One should always remember, however, that you reap what you sow.

Typical rhetoric from the hateful left.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Typical rhetoric from the hateful left.

Sure, it's not like they ever speak of "Second Amendment Remedies" or about "Reloading". They would not put crosshairs on a map where they are looking to "target" certain public representatives or any such thing. Not the Tea Party. No way.

[HAL 9000 96]

Pretty crazy. Right up there with all the other crazy death threats those librul groups get. Everyone wants to kill someone I guess.

[BobandXiaomei 14]

It's based on disrespect of our fellow citizens and ignorance that 2 or more logical, rational, educated, well-read people can come to different conclusions on any given topic.

Death threats based on ideological differences are made by those who are none of the above. They're little tyrants with little minds.

[alienlovechild 75]

Sure, it's not like they ever speak of "Second Amendment Remedies" or about "Reloading". They would not put crosshairs on a map where they are looking to "target" certain public representatives or any such thing. Not the Tea Party. No way.

What about "Beat Bush" and "Contract on America" that the Left came up with long before the Obama era? Public campaigns like aren't as threatening as nasty voice mail messages and emails.

Is are there leftwing groups what are moving their HQs to more secure locations?

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Public campaigns like aren't as threatening as nasty voice mail messages and emails.

So it's true. Americans have the attention span of a fruit fly. Because, it's obviously already forgotten - although it's been only about 6 months - how the crazies on the right made threats against those democrats that supported the health care reform effort. Thanks for confirming.

[DukeOfYork 28]

This just confirms that the Left have people who are far more belligerent than the "hateful right". Some how they can harrass holocaust survivors protesting the mosque or union thugs in to beat up black tea party advocates and get a pass from the media. Actually, I'm not surprised since big media is a part of it.

[DukeOfYork 28]

This just confirms that the Left have people who are far more belligerent than the "hateful right". Some how they can harrass holocaust survivors protesting the mosque or union thugs in to beat up black tea party advocates and get a pass from the media. Actually, I'm not surprised since big media is a part of it.

Link!

[_Simpson_ 250]

So it's true. Americans have the attention span of a fruit fly. Because, it's obviously already forgotten - although it's been only about 6 months - how the crazies on the right made threats against those democrats that supported the health care reform effort. Thanks for confirming.

You are a an American too may I remind you. Only if we were in Germany it would be soooooooooooo much better.

Edited August 27, 2010 by _Simpson_

[HAL 9000 96]

Good point Simpson, its better not to generalize.

Many voters, in general, have the political attention span of Drosophila melanogaster. As do people that are easily moved to making angry threats in public.

[DukeOfYork 28]

Both sides, right and left, look for extremist examples of "hate" and then paint the whole movement with that broad brush. That being said, Rush Limbaugh is accused of being a misogynist, yet the treatment of Sarah Palin by the far Left has been far worse than misogyny. I've heard Alex Bennet on America Left (XM Radio) repeatedly call Sarah Palin the C-word, yet nobody complains or reports on that...

[HAL 9000 96]

Crazy?

Well, she IS isn't she?

You need to be a little more congruous with your comparisons of what kinds of behavior your examples can create. El Rusho's babble rousing is a little different from the name-calling from those lefty pundits, IMO.