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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[Lancey Howard]

Oooooh. The Democrats are ANGRY!

[calawah98]

He is on here on the west coast at 3, and again at 8pm

[vaudine]

Yes, and here is your headline: "SWAT Team Kills Right Wing Gun-Owning Christian Republican In His Own Home After He Threatens Rep. Fathead of ____District !"

(And the text) "SWAT leader, Capt. Hun Attila, said they had received information that
the gun-owner was armed and dangerous, so took the precaution of breaking the door down when they arrived at 1:00 AM.. unannounced. They took the further precaution of shooting said suspect on sight as he appeared at the top of the stairs, because he was suspected of being armed. Two of his children and his wife were caught in the rain of fire, as the allegedly dangerous suspect was shot 49 times by the six member team. All four members of the right wing conservative family were DOA at Mercy Hospital. "

"Meanwhile, in other news, Mrs. Blabb of Gun-Control International, held a news conference to propose new legislation to crack down on these dangerous fringe types who consider it their right to own guns. She pointed out that most are just that type of right winger that makes and carries out threats against more moderate citizens. She said more legislation is needed to keep the country safe from these ultra conservatives and their dangerous beliefs."

I can see the events heading that way.

vaudine

[Digger]

An inquiry mind asks -would this have anything to do with B-1 Bomber (Bob Dorman) running for this seat? Second question - why do two conservatives run against each other. Come on Bob. Pick another fight.

[Joe Hadenuf]

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.

Dang, aint it the truth. And they would dig up the worst possible pictures of you, and plaster them all over the TaaaVaaa....

[Amerigomag]

I posted it thinking it would be a hit

Sorry I missed it but I hang on the California Topic these days. Less Republican loyalits to deal with.

[Joe Hadenuf]

Sorry I missed it but I hang on the California Topic these days. Less Republican loyalits to deal with.

I prefer American loyalist.

The greatest state of the greatest country on earth

Can you tell I'm biased towards Cal?

[lonewacko_dot_com]

Add Al "Junk Yard Donk" Franken to your list.

[bonesmccoy]

I know there's some talk in your communities about the Patriot Act. Let me tell you about the Patriot Act right quick. We're in a new war, a different kind of war. We need to be able to share information across jurisdictional boundaries at the federal level. Do you realize, prior to September the 11th, 2001, the CIA could not pass information to the FBI, or vice versa? By law, they were prohibited from sharing information. How can you fight a war against terrorists who hide in dark corners of the world and maybe slide into our country if you can't share information? We need the CIA and the FBI to be able to talk to each other. (Applause.)

As I said in the State of the Union, many of the provisions in the law have been used to catch embezzlers or criminals. We need to make sure those provisions stay in the law. We're at war. We're trying to hunt terrorists. It's a different kind of war.

In the old days, you know, you could measure progress based upon tanks destroyed or airplanes brought down to earth, you know, by missiles or air-to-air combat. It's no longer the way it is in the 21st century. We're on an international manhunt. We have to find these people before they come and get us. And in order to do so, we need the best intelligence and the capacity to share that intelligence across jurisdictional boundaries. The Patriot Act is vital for our security, and Congress needs to renew it. (Applause.)

[Amerigomag]

Can you tell I'm biased towards Cal?

Yup

[gubamyster]

ping

I heard Rohrabacher on John & Ken this afternoon talking about this. He is my Congressman. I called his office to voice my opposition when Bush first came public with his (this is not an) amnesty plan. I think I'll have to call his office tomorrow to voice my support for this legislation.

[JustPiper]

You are lucky you have Dana! He certainly is being threatened into backing off, by who?

[Be active]

We should all e-mail Rohrabacher and tell him we support his efforts:

http://www.house.gov/rohrabacher/

[lainde]

bttt

[Dante3]

This goes to show what kind of element wants more illegals in the country. Many of the illegals are part of various criminal organizations such as the Russian Mafia.

[Spiff]

Are you accusing Rove of of making or having someone else make death threats?

At this point some of us are not quite sure just what Karl "Wormtongue" Rove is capable of. After hearing his amnesty plan come out of President Bush's lips we do know that Rove is at least capable of trying to destroy a presidency.

[gunnedah]

We have been saturated with aliens and illegals for so long they are now threatening our elected officials. Seems as though most Democrats are elected by illegals and their party is growing stronger because of it.
The government knows but refuses to release the statistics on how many illegals voted in the last election. It is the same with the FBI and its crime figures. The American people and especially the Democrats are worried about the erroneous information on IRAQ when they don't even release these figures to the public that they have because of PC!

[Truth29]

"SWAT-Team Kills Right Wing..." et seq

Great humor, but we are edging ever closer to this reality. The presumption of a gun in a private home is a proclivity to violence.

Also, with the new Department of Homeland Security/TSA plan to require personal data on each air traveler including access to credit bureau databazses, how long will it before membership in FR wil get you flaggged as "yellow" and subject to addditional security checks?

[WayneM]

Karl who?