Authorities looking into threat against Texas Sen. Ted Cruz

The Hill ^ | 10/18/2013 | Alexander Bolton

[markomalley]

Law enforcement officials are investigating a threat against Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), who was vaulted into national prominence with his push to defund ObamaCare.

A person identifying himself as Troy Gilmore Jr., posted on Twitter Friday morning: “Take down Ted Cruz, at his home” and listed Cruz’s home address in Houston.

“What goes around comes around CRUZ!!” the person wrote.

The author of the threat uses the Twitter handle @ArmyVet54 and identifies himself as having served in the U.S. Army and Navy. Sean Rushton, Cruz’s spokesman, said, “We’re aware of it and have alerted the proper authorities.”

“I can’t comment further on security matters,” he said.

At about 5:30 pm on Friday, @ArmyVet54 posted another apparent threat, urging that Cruz “needs tobe [sic] taught a street wise [sic] lesson”.

The person posted Cruz's home address several other times this month and repeatedly used threatening language.

The apparent threats are not directed at any audience in particular because @ArmyVet54 does not have any Twitter followers. But a search of Cruz’s name on Twitter can find them.

The Capitol Police takes all threats to members of Congress seriously.

“We are looking into that matter,” said Officer Shennell Antrobus, a spokesman for the Capitol Police.

Donte Jamar Sims, a 22-year-old man living in North Carolina, was sentenced to six months in prison in May after he threatened over Twitter to kill President Obama during the 2012 Democratic National Convention.

In June, a judge sentenced Jarvis Britton, a 26-year old Alabama man, to a yearlong prison term after he threatened Obama over Twitter.

[CedarDave]

Super RINO Rep. Peter King did an interview with Fox earlier this p.m. and trashed Cruz with a vociferousness not reserved even for Democrats.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

The author of the threat uses the Twitter handle @ArmyVet54 and identifies himself as having served in the U.S. Army and Navy.

They sure there isn't a Mohammed in his name?

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

Did he take down his Twitter account? Seems so...Typical drive-by lib.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

Yeah he did take is down LOL!

[dowcaet]

This is just further proof that the deranged, loony kook element of this country is on the left. We all know what would’ve happened if the roles were reversed here.

[manc]

They are doing to him what they did to Sarah and Michelle Bachmann.

Left wing fools who drive about with tolerance stickers, harp on about diversity but then go nuts if people have a different view to their radical agenda;

[manc]

Still waiting for the Feds to interview those who were targeted by the IRS and this Govt.

[dfwgator]

They are doing to him what they did to Sarah and Michelle Bachmann.

The GOPe is part of the "they".

[manc]

he;s a frigging cook in prison and thinks he;s law enforcement, LOL.

Now seeing as he;s black does this mean he gets away with his ate speech, inciting to kill etc?

[manc]

he said he knows about the trouble from racists and then states he’s from NJ and is proud of that even though he;s moved to my state.

Well piss off yankee and go back to NJ

[manc]

OH Rove and co are working overtime to take down Cruz just like they did to Sarah.

[dfwgator]

Moyes will be long gone before Cruz will be.

[manc]

he can take the big haired lump Fellani with him too, hopefully welbeck goes as well as Young.

Another dire performance

[manc]

he can take the big haired lump Fellani with him too, hopefully welbeck goes as well as Young.

Another dire performance

[jodster36]

Armyvet54 account removed. But no fear, he has 2 new accounts: @hollywood354 & @KingKong3259

[backwoods-engineer]

Then search his blog. Mike Vanderboegh was not shy about that saying.

[SkyPilot]

The lashing humbled Cruz, who began to take a quieter role in the intervening days. But he continued to push forward on strategy that Republicans had essentially left for dead. At one point, Cruz told GOP senators that they should force votes on bills to fund individual agencies and programs, like on veterans issues. But McConnell bluntly told Cruz that Republicans had no procedural way of doing that. In fact, he asked Laura Dove, McConnell’s chief floor expert, to explain to Cruz how Republicans were prohibited from taking such a parliamentary tactic.

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/10/anatomy-of-a-shutdown-98518.html

Your Messiah is a genius.

[Syncro]

Somehow %22 got added to the end of that link.

I backspaced those 3 characters away, and it worked.

http://sipseystreetirregulars.blogspot.com/2009/01/one-hundred-heads.html

[TheOldLady]

Thank you, dear Syncro!

My copy of the link had an extraneous “ at the end, and when I deleted it, the proper page was returned.

[devolve]

coup coup