‘You’re gonna die, you piece of [expletive]. We’re going to hang you. We’re going to hang you.’
By Jerod MacDonald-Evoy || Arizona Mirror
A 64-year-old Iowa man has been arrested for threatening to lynch Maricopa County Supervisor Clint Hickman and an employee of the Arizona Attorney General’s Office for not investigating claims of fictitious voter fraud.
“When we come to lynch your stupid lying Commie [expletive], you’ll remember that you lied on the [expletive] Bible, you piece of [expletive],” Mark Rissi allegedly said in a voicemail to Hickman, according to a press release by the Department of Justice. “You’re gonna die, you piece of [expletive]. We’re going to hang you. We’re going to hang you.”
The call came three days after Cyber Ninjas released its flawed analysis of the 2020 election results, the end product of the Arizona Senate’s partisan election review, which has continued to be fodder for conspiracy theorists and lawmakers.
“I remember exactly where I was when I heard that voicemail. It was chilling,” Hickman said in a written statement about the call. “This wasn’t a prank call. This wasn’t protected speech. This was a serious threat to me and my family.
“I’m grateful to the Department of Justice and the FBI for taking this case seriously and making an arrest, and I’m pleased the U.S. Attorney General has set up a task force to address increased threats of violence to election workers and elected officials.”
