Hoozah!
They threatened the now-former GOP member of Philly's 3-member City Commissioners (who overseas elections) after 45 explicitly named him and called him out in a tweet -
Al Schmidt
@Commish_Schmidt
.@LeaderMcConnell The former POTUS incited supporters to threaten to kill my children and put their “heads on spikes” because we counted votes cast by eligible voters. They named my children and included my home address in the threats. Please consider when voting your conscience.
10:53 PM · Feb 12, 2021
Al Schmidt
@Commish_Schmidt
“This is domestic terrorism. The whole point is to terrorize, to intimidate, and to coerce, and to prevent our democracy from functioning as it should. In my case, this happened in the city where our democracy first began.” My testimony to the US Senate:
3:22 PM · Oct 27, 2021
'Your 3 kids will be fatally shot' among threats Schmidt faced after 2020 election
By Pat Loeb, KYW Newsradio
KYW Newsradio
October 26, 2021 10:15 pm
PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Philadelphia City Commissioner Al Schmidt shared some of the terrifying threats he received in the wake of the 2020 election, at a U.S. Senate hearing Tuesday in Washington. Schmidt testified at a hearing on emerging threats to election administration.
“For doing my job, counting votes, I’d like to quickly share with you some of the messages sent to me and my family," he said. "'Tell the truth or your three kids will be fatally shot.' It included their names, it included our address, it included a picture of our home.”
Schmidt is the only Republican on the City Commission, and losing presidential candidate Donald Trump singled him out by name in his false attacks on the election’s integrity, which was reflected in some of the threats.
“‘Heads on spikes, treasonous Schmidts.’ ‘you betrayed your country.’ ‘you lied.’ ‘You’re a traitor.’ ‘Perhaps cops and bullets will soon arrive at’...provides my address, names my children...‘RINO’s steal elections; we steal lives,’” Schmidt said, quoting those threats.
https://www.audacy.com/kywnewsradio/news/local/philly-city-commissioner-schmidt-death-threats
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