Connecticut man charged with threatening to kill Adam Schiff

[RandySF]

Washington — A Connecticut man faces federal charges for allegedly threatening to kill Congressman Adam Schiff, the Democratic chairman of the House Intelligence Committee who led the impeachment case against President Trump.

Robert Phelps, 62, from Torrington, Connecticut, was arrested Friday and faces two charges for the alleged threat, which came last November through a form on Schiff's congressional website to request a meeting, prosecutors said.

"You little c---sucker I want to come and see you so I can spit in your face and I want to kill you with my bare hands and smash your sick little round fat lying face in," Phelps wrote, uncensored, according to an affidavit filed with a criminal complaint. "You had better hope I never meet up with you mother f---er."

In another field, he said his preferred days of the week were "Measure your Coffin day." He signed the message with his name, followed by "Republican," according to the complaint.




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[BigmanPigman]

1. Man, my gmail to the fucking moron wasn't close to being that bad.

I do write some that are in tRump's words "nasty" gmails but I delete them. I don't want Mr FBI to come knocking.

[intuito]

2. This is an amazing rant! It reveals a lot

The anger is very real and visceral. But why at wonderful Adam Schiff? I know it is Fox News and all that. The guy is one of “the left behind” almost by definition. Biden is trying to speak to this left behind thing. But I think there is more. The left behind have been brought up to need a strong leader because they never got a sense of what they themselves had to offer-their real authenticity and value. Their safety lies in giving themself up to someone who channels their anger and at the same time projects an image of having what the society falsely values, even as it trashed what is really of value (all that Adam Schiff represents). I struggle with the question if anyone is beyond redemption. But who can dialogue with a person like this (not me for sure) and what form could such a dialogue (safely) take.