Washington (Halbeeg News) – A Florida man pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court to threatening to kill Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn.
According to a plea agreement, David Hannon, 67, a supporter of former President Donald Trump, sent an email to Omar in July 2019, after Omar and three other members of Congress held a televised news conference criticizing then-President Trump.
Prosecutors said Hannon sent an email to Omar threatening violence against her and two congressional colleagues of color, whom he referred to as “radical rats,” because of Omar’s comments at a news conference that “specifically repeated quotes containing curse words from then-president Trump regarding social issues involving women and minorities,” according to the plea agreement.
“No one should fear violence because of who they are or what they believe,” U.S. Attorney Roger Handberg of the Middle District of Florida said in a statement Tuesday. “Unlawful threats against our elected officials are an assault against our democracy, and we will continue to work with our law enforcement partners to seek justice in these cases.”
The email’s subject that read “[You’re] dead, you radical Muslim,” and in it Hannon wrote that he was going to shoot the lawmakers, including Omar, in the head.
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