Says his daughter has received threats
By Eric Garcia | Roll Call
Arizona Rep. David Schweikert said he received more death threats in 2017 than in the rest of his time in Congress combined.
The fourth-term Republican made the comments on Wisconsin Republican Rep. Sean Duffy’s “Plaidcast” podcast, the Daily Caller reported.
Schweikert said in addition to threats against him, people have threatened his daughter.
“My fear is this is the playbook of a lot of our brothers and sisters on the left — they’re going to get fringier and fringier, louder and louder, angrier and angrier, and as you and I know, we sometimes have some folks in our society who aren’t completely healthy,” he said.
Schweikert also cited the shooting of House Minority Whip Steve Scalise last year at the Republican team’s practice for the Congressional Baseball Game by a man who was a supporter of Sen. Bernie Sanders.
