By Brody Levesque (Washington DC) Mar 24 | A spokesperson for the Federal Bureau of Investigation confirmed that the FBI is investigating a series of violent acts against Congressional District Offices in Kansas, Arizona, New York, and threats made to harm democratic members of the U. S. House of Representatives as the Health Care Reform was being debated, ultimately passed & then signed into law by the President yesterday.
Speaking to reporters after a series of briefings by senior FBI officials and U. S. Capitol Police, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, (D-MD) and House Majority Whip James Clyburn, (D-SC) both indicated that they were extremely concerned due to extreme nature of the violence and the threats against members of Congress. Hoyer told journalists that threats and acts of harm against lawmakers who voted for health legislation needed to be replaced with civilised and free discussions saying democracy can't survive without a civil society.
In addition to the violence against Congressional offices, Reps. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., and Betsey Markey, D-Colo., are among the lawmakers who have received threatening calls.
Stupak, an anti-abortion lawmaker whose "yes" vote was earned only after he received assurances from the White House that federal funding of abortion would be banned by an executive order, has been a target of harassment.
In audio recordings of voice messages obtained by NBC News and other networks, one caller repeatedly tells Stupak "I hope you die."
"There are millions of people across the country who wish you ill," another caller says. "And all of those thoughts projected on you will materialize into something that's not very good for you."
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