what did mccarthy say about swalwell that provoked these death threats?

[orleans]

Last night an employee of @PCLabs in Indiana threatened to kill me and my family following
@SpeakerMcCarthy’s smears against me. Patients Choice Laboratories has since terminated that employee. On behalf of my wife and three small children, I am very grateful.

Link to tweet

[Lovie777]

1. WTF......

[LakeArenal]

2. I read something to the effect of:

I hope your wife and children are raped and killed.

[orleans]

4. that was one of the death threats he got

at this link:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217557732#post6

[Joinfortmill]

20. My God, can't imagine working for him.

[Journeyman]

3. Will charges be filed against this person? Or are they now unemployed and free to pursue revenge?...

Has PC Labs decision merely exasperated an already frightful situation? And if so, what can be done to protect Democratic personalities in the future (short of sealing McCarthy's lips with superglue)?

[Sneederbunk]

17. Maybe Garland will appoint another special prosecutor.

[moniss]

21. He will probably put out a statement saying that he needs

to be absolutely sure of a conviction before he can proceed.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

33. The employee is not a sitting President, nor a viable Presidential candidate

Your feeble analogy does not apply.

[reACTIONary]

27. If what he said is what was quoted above...

.... "I hope your wife and children are raped and killed", then I don't think legal action can be taken. I don't think expressing a "hope" is legally a threat.

[Journeyman]

28. 'Tis true. But now his former employer has potentially weaponized a MAGAt with grievances . . .

this may amount to nothing this time around but McCarthy is playing Russian roulette with mentally-challenged wack-a-doodles. I can see a time coming when this won't end well at all.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

35. Logical conclusion of what you say is employer should not have fired him

Your statement is nonsense. McCarthy and others in the reich wing weaponized him, not his employer.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

34. If it is backed up by other evidence making it a "credible" threat, then he can be prosecuted

A credible threat against life or limb is Assault. Touching somebody (or worse) in such circumstances is Battery.

[FoxNewsSucks]

5. "he's a LIBERAL and he HATES TRUMP!!!"

That's all it takes to provoke a MAGAt

[orleans]

6. is that what mccarthy said? nt

[FoxNewsSucks]

7. it's my guess

Based on the smearing of pretty much anyone on the J6 committee

[Bev54]

8. He said something to the effect that if the public knew what he (McCarthy) was told by the

FBI about Swalwell, he wouldn't have ever been given a security clearance or put on the intel committee. It is all lies, smoke and mirrors by McCarthy referring to the Chinese gal that tried to get cozy with Swalwell years ago. The FBI informed Swalwell who she was and he fully cooperated with them. They reiterated that Swalwell did absolutely nothing wrong and did the right thing but of course McCarthy is insinuating something that was not there.

I am sure there is more but that was said by McCarthy in the past couple of days about why he is being kicked off the intel committee.

[orleans]

10. thank you. nt

[iluvtennis]

12. That's what I heard on a news broadcast today...but you've filled it in more completely. TY.

[Cha]

15. Thanks!

[SergeStorms]

18. Apply the same twisted republican "logic"....

about their cozy relationships with Russians and there wouldn't be a single republican in Congress today.

Of course Russia is seen by republicans as the model government. Reign with fear and punishment, and make sure your enemies - and many of your supposed friends - are living in buildings taller than five stories, with plenty of windows. 😵

[Rebl2]

23. Should be

the other way around. If the fbi knew what McCarthy has done in past he would never have security clearance and would be sitting in jail. Thing is many in fbi are trump loving idiots.

[Delphinus]

36. How can

Qevin keep on telling lies like that - he holds a position of power and he's lying just like his idol, the DFG.

[Hekate]

9. Swalwell got death threats regularly during the Trump admin, due in part to the 2 impeachments

The death threats included his wife and small children.

[Hassler]

11. Charlie McCarthy did what he always does: lie.

[dembotoz]

13. getting death threats not all that rare

hell i have gotten them when i was chair of my local dem party in a red area or it might have been because of a facebook post..who knows

[Cha]

14. So Asshole Kev got an Asshole FIRED.

[LowerManhattanite]

16. These are the people he's inviting back into...

…the House.

Which now has no metal detectors.

Blood’s gonna be on Jellyfish Kevin’s hands pretty soon.

[Evolve Dammit]

19. I wondered about the metal detectors. Are you sure there are none? Insane if true.

[LowerManhattanite]

22. House chamber is a free for all

https://www.axios.com/2023/01/03/house-gop-removes-metal-detectors-jan-6

[hadEnuf]

32. Republicans know that if a Magat with a gun gets in there they won't be after them.

And that's probably the plan.

[Evolve Dammit]

37. That is fucking, inexcusably NUTS. Not acceptable. We seem to have our head up our ass. n/t

[Kennah]

26. I'm betting it's because of the Christine Fang issue

The FBI concluded Swalwell was “completely cooperative” and “under no suspicion of wrongdoing”

[Mopar151]

31. Which "proves" that he is "corrupt" - by the standards of JOE McCarthy! nt

[calimary]

38. Well, the reference to CHARLIE McCarthy, upthread, may have been intentional.

If I remember correctly, Charlie McCarthy was a dummy. Literally. He was Edgar Bergen’s “little wooden head” - a marionette that he used as a foil in his onstage comedy act. Along with his other puppet friend, Mortimer Sneed. Edgar Bergen was Candice Bergen’s dad.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Bergen

So now, the question is - who are the Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd of today? Another McCarthy does come to mind (the Kevin version), and Mortimer Snerd could be Steve Scalise. The puppeteer would be trump.

[Kennah]

40. The D next to his name is sufficient

[Beaverhausen]

39. You'd never know the FBI cleared him reading magats comments

On social media. They bring her up constantly

[uponit7771]

29. K&R,

[Irish_Dem]

30. The GOP will kill as many people as it takes to get what they want.

The ones they don't kill, they will terrorize and torture.