Man Accused of Threatening to Kill Boehner Over Unemployment Extension
Source: Roll Call
An Indiana man has been arrested by the FBI for allegedly threatening to kill Speaker John A. Boehner of Ohio over his refusal to pass an unemployment extension, according to court filings.
Brandon J. Thompson, 32, of New Castle, Ind., faces federal charges for allegedly making email and telephone threats to an elected official, according to a press release. FBI agents arrested Thompson at his home Thursday night, where he admitted to the charges, according to a criminal complaint. He faced a U.S. Magistrate Judge Friday morning.
Thompson is accused of obtaining Boehners wifes personal cell phone number and leaving voicemail messages in early May to relay several threats against the speaker, stating among other things that he would get his hands on him, and rip his fucking head off, because he shoulda extended unemployment insurance.
Boehner has so far refused to allow a vote on an unemployment extension.
Read more: http://blogs.rollcall.com/218/unemployment-extension-boehner-man-arrested-for-death-threats/
Mnemosyne
(21,363 posts)Helen Borg
(3,963 posts)Things are bad for many, and there are many unstable people out there.
Mnemosyne
(21,363 posts)to just survive.
Something has to give sometime...
meanit
(455 posts)unless he threatens Obama and the government like he just did to Boner.
"rip his fucking head off "....
uhnope
(6,419 posts)groundloop
(11,519 posts)Maybe the guy should have taken lessons from Ted Nugent on how to threaten elected officials and avoid jail.
OK, kidding aside, that was utterly stupid and doesn't do anything whatsoever to solve the problem.
uhnope
(6,419 posts)you give people unemployment benefits for too long blah blah blah. I'm sure some like Limbaugh are saying it at this moment, though some of them have to wait for their cues from him or Breitbart.com or WND.com (Wingnut Daily News) before they know what to say.
LibDemAlways
(15,139 posts)can only imagine Thompson's frustration as bills mount up with no way to pay them while he sees an asshole like Boehner collecting a fat salary for refusing to help him.
herding cats
(19,564 posts)He needs a lesson from Ted Nugent on how you threaten the lives of politicians. "Ripping" off of heads is not the preferred method in this day and age.
Here's how Uncle Ted threatens the lives of politicians in front of hundreds of witnesses and gets away with it.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)herding cats
(19,564 posts)They excused Uncle Ted's actions by continuing to let him be a spokesperson for them after this incident. They own every nasty thing this jerk said supporting them. They coddled him, they encouraged him and they are the ones who put him on a pedestal.
I'm not going to let them forget who they worshiped. Ted Nugent is one of the many vile faces of the GOP.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Beggars would ride:
If turnips were bayonets,
I would wear one by my side.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)I'm surprised this hasn't escalated beyond threats.
Helen Borg
(3,963 posts)Just a matter of time.
albino65
(484 posts)Brigid
(17,621 posts)that even people in red states like this one are finally starting to blame the right people for their plight.
truthisfreedom
(23,147 posts)angstlessk
(11,862 posts)three hots and a cot...but now that is is private...a meal on occasion and sleeping with 100 other criminals
Bucky
(54,013 posts)Threats against any public servant are a threat to our democracy, even if the public servant isn't very good at his job.
DCBob
(24,689 posts)From the article..
"In the course of the investigation, agents also found that Thompson is the neighbor of another man who was investigated because his IP address matched that of a threatening email sent to Boehner though his offices website.
Heres the all-caps message sent through the contact form on Boehners website: WELL YOU DRUNK JOHN BIN LADEN ITS TIME TO TAKE YOU OUT MOTHERFUCKER YOU WANT TO PLAY WITH 2.7 MILLION PEOPLES LIVES I AM GOING TO TAKE YOURS YOU WILL NEVER SEE IT COMING WITH MY SNIPER RIFLE WERE YOU SOON .
Investigators believe Thompson logged on to his neighbors unencrypted wireless router to make the threat, according to the criminal complaint.
The owner of the wireless router told investigators that Thompson had pulled a gun on a debt collector approximately four years ago."