The controversial Georgia Republican congresswoman tweeted on Saturday that she also received threatening calls—but from 'the deranged left, not Republicans.'
on Monday, Upton shared a voicemail he had received from a random caller who said:"I hope you die. I hope everybody in your f***ing family dies. [You] f***ing piece of sh*t traitor."
"I'll tell you it's a terrible way—we have seen civility really downslide here. I'm concerned about my staff. They are taking these calls," Upton told CNN."These are very disturbing, adult language. To say the least, that truly is frightening.""I regret that this good, bipartisan bill became a political football in recent weeks. Our country can't afford this partisan dysfunction any longer," he wrote on Twitter on November 5.
Other GOP members including Kinzinger, Bacon, and Malliotakis have also received threatening messages, according toA random caller reportedly told Kinzinger to slit his wrists and"rot in hell," while another caller told Bacon's office that he hoped that the Nebraska Republican would slip and fall down a staircase.
In another Tweet on Saturday, Greene called out Kinzinger and asked him to"bow" to his"queen, the Speaker of the House of Hypocrites," referring to House Speaker
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