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dflprincess

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Sat Mar 10, 2018, 10:38 PM Mar 2018

I've been told that State Rep. Linda Slocum (DFL-Richfield) will be on AM Joy Sunday morning

Last edited Sat Mar 10, 2018, 11:31 PM - Edit history (1)

Linda is the rep who received threats after introducing a gun reform bill. This is why we had a police present at our senate district convention last weekend.

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/03/better-hide-angry-gun-owners-deluge-minnesota-dem-threats-insults-proposed-bans/


State police have questioned a man who made a threatening phone call to the office of a Minnesota lawmaker who proposed sweeping gun safety measures, but declined to press charges.

Thousands of angry emails have poured into the office of state Rep. Linda Slocum (D-Richfield) since she introduced the proposed restrictions, but one of those stood out, reported KMSP-TV.

“He threatened to kill me,” Slocum told the TV station. “(He said,) I have my gun, and I’m ready to come and get you — and it was very threatening.”

Other messages compared her to Hitler, called her a whale or included lewd comments and profanity, but Slocum said she would seek charges if that man called again.

One of Slocum’s aides received what he described as a threatening call while working late on Feb. 26, but state police investigated and decided not to press charges, reported the Pioneer Press.

“He said, ‘You better hide because I have my gun and I know where you are,’” said legislative assistant Adrian Benjamin, who reported the threat to capitol police — which then passed on the report to the Minnesota State Patrol.

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I've been told that State Rep. Linda Slocum (DFL-Richfield) will be on AM Joy Sunday morning (Original Post) dflprincess Mar 2018 OP
So we have to have a Wellstone ruled Mar 2018 #1
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