WASHINGTON — Politics can be a dirty game. It can also be a dangerous one.
The FBI reports that lawmakers were the target of more threats of violence in 2010 than in any other year on record, according to The Hill, a Capitol Hill newspaper.
Some threats involved health care legislation, The Hill reported. And politicians from both sides of the isle were targets including Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).
The Hill reported the FBI opened, investigated and closed at least 26 threats against lawmakers.
Last March, The Hill reported, Pelosi 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.”
A McConnell staff member got a call last year from someone who said: “I’m going to kill you and your senator and your staff.”
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