Chuck Grassley is the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which is overseeing the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh. As a result, his office has been flooded with violent threats. This is unreal.
Twitchy reports:
‘I hope you get raped’: Check out these messages left with Sen. Chuck Grassley’s staffers
We’re on Twitter all day, so we know how ugly things can get. But on Wednesday evening, the Washington Examiner’s Philip Wegmann posted some of the comments that have been left for Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley’s staffers recently.
Check out the tweets below:
A sampling of comments left for Grassley staffers recently 1/6
— Philip Wegmann (@PhilipWegmann) September 26, 2018
“I hope you get raped” pic.twitter.com/s1s7wzNDql
— Philip Wegmann (@PhilipWegmann) September 26, 2018
Calls female staffer “bitch” pic.twitter.com/GYBp2NiykB
— Philip Wegmann (@PhilipWegmann) September 26, 2018
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Hopes Grassley dies of “a heart attack” pic.twitter.com/xlkeaJZ8Eu
— Philip Wegmann (@PhilipWegmann) September 26, 2018
Calls staffer “disgusting excuse for a human being” pic.twitter.com/8A8OBK0b8p
— Philip Wegmann (@PhilipWegmann) September 26, 2018
“I feel really sorry for woman like you…” pic.twitter.com/zUa4uoEcA3
— Philip Wegmann (@PhilipWegmann) September 26, 2018
People reacted:
Here is the thing: the people they are saying these horrible things to are likely college interns or the 22-year-old staff assistant for whom this is their first job. I don’t care what side you are on — this is unacceptable.
— Sally Canfield (@TheLifeofSally) September 26, 2018
I have not seen one Democrat that doesn’t spew hate immediately when they don’t like or agree with something.
— eaglescout (@kattilacville) September 26, 2018
The Left doesn't want to convince you, they want to terrorize you into compliance. https://t.co/eHMt9SKTho
— Fusilli Spock (@awstar11) September 26, 2018
That last comment is spot on.
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