Calif. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher Receives Death Threat Over Immigrant Bill

AP ^ | 1/27/04

[Jean S]

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) - The offices of Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher received dozens of threatening telephone calls Tuesday, including one death threat, after he authored a bill that would limit health care services for immigrants.

Information on the threats was turned over to police. "It will be forwarded to out detectives," said police Lt. Tom Donnelly.

The bill, introduced last week, would require hospitals to report a patient's immigration status before they could be reimbursed for treatment. Patients found to be in the United States illegally could be deported.

Threatening calls began after the bill was discussed on a New York radio station Tuesday. The office received so many calls they stopped answering the phone, said Rohrabacher's assistant, Kathleen Hollingsworth.

Staffers then listened to voice mails left at the office, one of which said, "I'm coming to kill you," she said.

"This is not just somebody I've angered and who's expressing some hostility. These are gruesome threats that I will be attacked and killed," Rohrabacher said.

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[goldstategop]

Liberals are so compassionate they'll threaten a Congressman with death for proposing a bill to stop illegal aliens from getting treated for free in hospitals. I mean man - the open border lobby folks are unbelievable if they have to stoop THAT low.

[goldstategop]

For its worth, I happen to live Dana Rohrabacher's district. Go Dana, go!!!

[Sabertooth]

Liberals are so compassionate they'll threaten a Congressman with death for proposing a bill to stop illegal aliens from getting treated for free in hospitals. I mean man - the open border lobby folks are unbelievable if they have to stoop THAT low.

Well, the open borders folks feel emboldened right about now.

And it's not the fault of a liberal.

[Zipporah]

.. and this revealed just exactly who are involved with hate and 'hate crimes'...

[Joe Hadenuf]

How dare him try and limit the tax liability of American's from illegal aliens that need these services, while Bush is doing his best to help them.

Go Bush!

[DMCA]

Did someone let Karl Rove use the phone again? :->

[Missouri]

Ping.

[Zipporah]

"Well, the open borders folks feel emboldened right about now. And it's not the fault of a liberal"

Excellent point..

[Joe Hadenuf]

Well, the open borders folks feel emboldened right about now.

Funny, looking at the state of some of our cities, you'd think they would be cowering in some dark basement....

[Jean S]

Did someone let Karl Rove use the phone again? :->

What the heck is that supposed to mean?

[Joe Hadenuf]

By the way Saber, how you doing on this fine evening?

[goldstategop]

Yeah, its a Republicrat conspiracy. Never forget!

[Missouri]

.........just making death threats that American citizens won't do.

[Sabertooth]

By the way Saber, how you doing on this fine evening?

Doing fine, thanks.

You gonna be around a while?

[GaConfed]

The only place you will read about this is on the net. If it had been someone like ....oh.....say.......myself (rural, white, Southern, male, gun owner), doing the threatening against some liberal judge over some affirmative action ruling, it would be front page news in the usual suspect fishwrappers, and top of the news on CNN, NBC, ABC, and CBS.

[browardchad]

Threatening a Congressman's life when he stands up for his constituency: yet another job Americans won't do.

[Joe Hadenuf]

As long as Jim will have me. I have changed my ways, and now I'll just behave myself, and ignore those that attempt to bait justified anger. Oh, and no more humor threads for me.