Calif. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher Receives Death Threat Over Immigrant Bill

AP ^ | 1/27/04

[Jean S]

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) - The offices of Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher received dozens of threatening telephone calls Tuesday, including one death threat, after he authored a bill that would limit health care services for immigrants.

Information on the threats was turned over to police. "It will be forwarded to out detectives," said police Lt. Tom Donnelly.

The bill, introduced last week, would require hospitals to report a patient's immigration status before they could be reimbursed for treatment. Patients found to be in the United States illegally could be deported.

Threatening calls began after the bill was discussed on a New York radio station Tuesday. The office received so many calls they stopped answering the phone, said Rohrabacher's assistant, Kathleen Hollingsworth.

Staffers then listened to voice mails left at the office, one of which said, "I'm coming to kill you," she said.

"This is not just somebody I've angered and who's expressing some hostility. These are gruesome threats that I will be attacked and killed," Rohrabacher said.

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[Amerigomag]

The implication that Karl Rove made the death threats is way out of line and without merit.

In the eye of the beholder.

[Missouri]

I have changed my ways, and now I'll just behave myself

I like the old Joe better.

[sarasmom]

Lock and load.
You allowed the situation to reach critical mass.
Am I supposed to feel sorry for you now?

[Missouri]

I wait for the other shoe to drop.

Thats always a good idea.

[Jean S]

Are you accusing Rove of of making or having someone else make death threats?

[StolarStorm]

I wonder if some of the weirdness going on is the work of Mexican government operatives.

[Missouri]

Am I supposed to feel sorry for you now?

It was just a little joke.

We have two republican senators here from Mo. Some Southern states have senators like Edwards and Grahm. Don't forget, one of those stars on the CBF represents Mo.

Time to get back on the subject of the thread.

[meema]

Hang in there Dana! We're with you, and I'll pray for you, family and staff!
These people are the scum of the earth.

[Missouri]

I do hope the drug smugglers business is suffering, they need to be put out of business.

Amen to that. Just think if we got our borders under control what that would do to the price of illegal drugs. The price would sky rocket and maybe some of the drug addicts would kick the habit.

A win-win situation.

[Missouri]

Just posting what half of us were thinking.

[Amerigomag]

Are you accusing Rove..

No, that idea was yours and obviously yours alone.

I did make several assumptions based on your comment and did offer an observation that I hoped would cause you to reappraise the situation before you dug a deeper hole.

[Joe Hadenuf]

Did any one catch Lou Dobbs show today?

No, I have to be drunk to watch TaaVaa, and I've been sober for a long time.

He had a list of reps that were against the Presidents immigration plan. I looked on the transcripts but did not see the names listed.

Hopefully, it's not just a good cop bad cop thing, as I no longer trust many Representitives. It gets tiresome being lied to.

[dagnabbit]

Did someone let Karl Rove use the phone again?

BWAAAAA!!!

[Joe Hadenuf]

I like the old Joe better.

He's still here, lurking, watching....

[Amerigomag]

He's still here, lurking, watching....

Hey Joe, what was the big event that caused the epiphany?

[WilliamofCarmichael]

There's been several threads discussing threats from the left. For example, Alec Baldwin's rant. Spike Lee saying that the NRA president should be shot or the NBC show's "Snipers wanted" sign on presidential candidate G.W. Bush. In all cases the few in the mainstream media who bothered to comment dismissed them all as "satire." The same words from a right-winger -- if a rightwinger were to ever utter such threats -- would be.. well, uh.. hateful threats.

Sen. Dashole's public complaint about "talk radio-inspired threats" he received brought a spate of mainstream articles about the need for "fairness" and an end to hatred.

Waiting with bated breath to hear the mainstream left condemn this threat. :^)

[calawah98]

For over the last two months, his show has been on illegal immigration, out sourcing jobs et.
He is against illegal immigration also. And he is against out sourcing of jobs.

I was flicking channels in Nov and ran across his show.
He has a list of all the companies that are out soucring.
He is doing a heck of a lot bette on the issue than Fox

[Joe Hadenuf]

Actually, it was a post or image, depicting a hairy Mrs. France.

Slightly gross, and very funny, but apparently was not appreciated by someone.

I posted it thinking it would be a hit, and soon found myself being blown down range.

[Joe Hadenuf]

I'll have to tune in. Thanks for that friend.