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Offline TomSea

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This story is from the end of August but I had not heard about this.  He threatened Schumer too. The story details how he said something like "We as white people...."

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Man gets 2.5 years prison for threats to two senators, including S.C. Sen. Tim Scott
by The Associated Press
Friday, August 31st 2018

MACON, Ga. (WCIV) — A Georgia man has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison for threatening two U.S. senators.

Federal prosecutors say Jason Kenneth Bell of Cochran called the office of New York Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer in March 2017. He said in messages that if Schumer didn't have personal protection, "I would hit you until I couldn't lift my arms anymore."

Read more at: https://abcnews4.com/news/local/man-gets-25-years-prison-for-threats-to-two-senators-including-sc-sen-tim-scott