Senator Udall Also Threatened Over Health-Care Reform
By Michael de Yoanna
Created 2010-03-26 10:47

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Senator Udall Also Threatened Over Health-Care Reform

[2]A contingent of the country is still hopping mad over the health-care-reform law, as evidenced by the fact that the list of Democrats who say they've received threats is still growing. The latest is U.S. Senator Mark Udall, who received a disturbing voice mail at his Denver office. Udall spokeswoman Tara Trujillo tells The Huffington Post [3] authorities were able to track down the man responsible for the message, who later apologized. Meanwhile, House Minority Whip Eric Cantor, a Virginia Republican, is lashing out at Democratic leaders for "dangerously fanning the flames" by blaming the GOP (via The Washington Post [4]). Cantor confides that he, too, has faced peril. Leaders in both parties have denounced the behavior, blaming each other for inciting the violence (via USA Today [5]). Congressman Mike Coffman, a Colorado Republican, firmly denounces any "threats or acts of vandalism and violence," according to a news release [6]. "Those who engage in such reprehensible behavior should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. I also believe it is wrong for some to associate the criminal acts of a few with the millions of law abiding citizens exercising their civic duty to engage their leaders and lawmakers by voicing their opposition to this policy."
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[2] http://www.5280.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Udall-Mark_With-Flag3.jpg
[3] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/25/mark-udall-receives-death_n_513730.html
[4] http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2010/03/cantor-lashes-out-at-democrats.html
[5] http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2010-03-25-threats_N.htm
[6] http://coffman.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=264:march-25-2010-coffman-condemns-violence-and-smears-of-law-abiding-citizens&catid=36:latest-news&Itemid=10