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CAPE MAY COURTHOUSE – U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew on Monday accused a South Jersey newspaper columnist of leaving a “death threat†on his home phone and Ocean City police have visited the writer about the complaint.Van Drew disclosed the threat at a news conference outside the courthouse on Main Street, flanked by Cape May County Sheriff Bob Nolan, and identified the columnist as John McCall of the Ocean City Sentinel.McCall is not and never has been either a staff member or paid contributor, the newspaper's editor and publisher stated in an email later Monday.According to a transcript of the voicemail provided to reporters at the news conference, McCall reportedly called the congressman a traitor and vowed to see Van Drew out of office.“I would swear to your demise as a politician and I believe that you personally are a degenerate," the transcript read. "As a member of the New Jersey Press Association, I will do everything in my power to ensure that you are deposed if not dead. Anything I can do to basically get you out of office, I will do. You are a traitor Jeff Van Drew and you deserve the fate of all traitors.†...
Jack Posobiec@JackPosobiecA journalist was caught making death threats against a US Congressman, threatening to sexually assault his wife, and 'violate his family' for leaving the Democrat Party3:47 PM · Mar 15, 2021·
