Police have arrested a New York man for making threats against two lawmaker’s families. One of the reps is Steve Scalise, who was shot and badly injured by a deranged liberal last year.
According to Town Hall:
Authorities have arrested a man in New York for making violent threats against two lawmakers, one of whom is the member of House GOP leadership who was nearly fatally shot by a deranged leftist on a Virginia baseball field last year. Initial news reports about the arrest did not name either targeted official, but Congressman Steve Scalise’s office has confirmed that the Louisianan was one of them. Given his recent, harrowing brush with death at the hands of a demented political opponent — the evidence of which is overwhelming, in spite of the FBI’s utterly bizarre spin — this is especially frightening:
A source confirms that one of the lawmakers targeted w/ violent threats by this man was… @SteveScalise.
Yikes.
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) August 2, 2018
“Carlos Bayon, 63, was arrested and charged with interstate communication of a threat…The voicemail reportedly said: “Hey listen, this message is for you and the people that sent you there. You are taking ours, we are taking yours. Anytime, anywhere. We know where they are. We are not going to feed them sandwiches, we are going to feed them lead. Make no mistake you will pay. Ojo por ojo, diente por diente (Spanish for “an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth). That is our law and we are the majority. Have a good day.” …Both calls were traced back to Bayon. If convicted Bayon could face a maximum penalty of five years in jail, a $250,000 fine, or both.”
The “they” in this voicemail are Scalise’s kids, with the “taking” reference apparently related to the Trump administration’s aborted child separation policy. In a follow-up statement, a spokeswoman for Scalise told Townhall, “Whip Scalise is grateful to law enforcement for their actions. He will never forget how their heroism saved his life and those of his colleagues last year. As he has said before, there is absolutely no place in our political discourse for violent threats.” This ugly episode reminds me of this declaration from Democratic Senator Brian Schatz, who recently reacted to the spectacle of Trump supporters heckling CNN correspondent and obnoxious preenerJim Acosta at a rally thusly…
The left continues to escalate in its threats towards Republicans. While this does not define all on the left, it is still concerning.
