Summary:
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Delegate Lee ZeldinDuring a campaign stop in upstate New York in July, Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin came under attack.
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Police said a man attempted to stab a Congress member while on stage.
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Brett Kavanaugh, justice in June, a man was arrested near Brett Kavanaugh’s home.
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Later, he said that Biden was the winner.
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Senator Steve ScaliseDuring a congressional baseball practice in 2017, Steve Scalise, then the House Majority Whip, was wounded in the hip.
Delegate Lee Zeldin
During a campaign stop in upstate New York in July, Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin came under attack. Zeldin is running for governor of New York. Police said a man attempted to stab a Congress member while on stage. Zeldin wasn’t hurt, and the culprit was taken into custody.
Delegate Pramila Jayapal
A man was detained in July in front of Rep. Pramila Jayapal’s (D-Washington) residence after allegedly threatening to kill the congresswoman and asking her to return to India. The accused was accused of stalking.
Brett Kavanaugh, Justice
In June, a man was arrested near Brett Kavanaugh’s home. He was said to have threatened the Supreme Court justice while carrying a gun and a knife. The man was outraged, according to police, because it appeared the court was likely to overturn Roe v. Wade, according to a leaked draft opinion.
Mike Pence, a former vice president
On January 6, 2021, when Congress approved the results of the 2020 presidential election, pro-Trump rioters stormed the Capitol and started yelling, “hang Mike Pence.” The protests responded to Pence’s choice to accept the electoral votes that showed Joe Biden had won the presidency. Pence refused to leave the building during a day of chaos at the Capitol. Later, he said that Biden was the winner.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader in the Senate Mitch McConnell
In 2021, after Congress declined to approve an increase in funding being provided to individuals to assist in coping with the coronavirus epidemic, slogans including “Where’s my money” and “Mitch murders the poor” were scrawled on the walls of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s residence in Kentucky.
Similarly, after Congress failed to pass the proposal, a pig’s head was placed outside House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco residence along with the slogans “cancel rent” and “we want everything.”
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) talked about the death threats she got after the Fresno Grizzlies baseball team showed a video in which she was compared to Cuba’s Fidel Castro and North Korea’s leader. Since then, the minor league baseball team has regretted airing the clip.
Senator Steve Scalise
During a congressional baseball practice in 2017, Steve Scalise, then the House Majority Whip, was wounded in the hip. After the attacker started shooting at Republican members of Congress in Alexandria, Virginia, Scalise was hurt on the inside, which caused him to bleed a lot. The assailant shot two police officers, a legislative aide, and a lobbyist. In a shootout with police at the field, the gunman was killed.
Rep. Gabby Giffords, formerly
In 2011, six more people were killed at a constituent outreach event in a Tucson grocery store. One of those killed was former Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-Ariz.), who was shot and badly hurt. Giffords, the shooter’s intended victim, was struck in the head with a close-range bullet. 19 people were hit in all. The shooter received seven life sentences.
Analysis by: Advocacy Unified Network
