Recently, The Hill did some digging into the disturbing number of threats against lawmakers last year. It concluded that 2010 saw more threats to lawmakers' safety than any other year on record. And apparently members of both parties got threats.
Last March, then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) got a call from a man who said, “I’m going to come down there and put a bullet in your a-- when you leave.”Around that time, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) staff in Washington received a call from someone in California who said, “I’m going to kill you and your senator and your staff.”
Former Rep. Kathy Dahlkemper (D-Pa.) received numerous threats last year, including one from a man who promised to come to her home. He warned the Democrat, who voted yes on healthcare reform, that her “offspring will pay.” Dahlkemper subsequently requested an increase in police patrols around her house.
By The Hill's count, the FBI investigated at least 26 threats against lawmakers last year. Not surprisingly, most of the threatening calls and letters came in the midst of the health care debate.