As the fallout from the Donald Trump-inspired attack on the Capitol last week continues, lawmakers calling for his accountability endure an increasing number of threats on their own lives. Among them: David Cicilline, the openly gay Congressman from Rhode Island.
Cicilline, who co-chairs the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus, has co-sponsored new articles of impeachment against Trump for “Incitement of Insurrection” over last week’s attack. Trump had called for supporters to march on the Capitol building to disrupt certification of the 2020 Election.
Now Cicilline, who just introduced the articles of impeachment yesterday (Jan 11), has already begun receiving harassing messages threatening with death should impeachment proceedings begin.
CNN obtained audio of messages left on Cicilline’s office voicemail, which the network has released to the public.
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“You poked the bear you little bitch,” one caller says. “You’ve got 80 f*cking million people coming after you, you commie little f*cks.”
“If you impeach him, civil war is on, buddy,” says another.
Cicilline also published an op-ed in The New York Times this week, calling for Trump’s impeachment over “insurrection against the government and the Constitution that he swore to uphold.”
“The American people witnessed Mr Trump’s actions for themselves,” Cicilline wrote. “We all saw his speech on 6 January. We watched his fanatics storm the Capitol at his request.”
“This impeachment charge is meant to defend the integrity of the republic,” he continued. “Both Democratic and Republican members of Congress must attend to the duties of their oath. Failing to act would set an irresponsibly dangerous precedent for future presidents who are about to leave office.”
Mister P
Most Americans don’t want civil war or to “kill all the queers.”
The uninformed violent mob of intellectually challenged idiots must be taken down.
Max
it is scary their conviction of being wronged and their continued defense of it. for real that Trump and pals enabled them.
funny, they do not recognize their own radicalism and the fury they bring with it.
Jon in Canada
While it is true MOST Americans don’t want that, the frightening fact remains a good 30% or so do and that’s no small number. That’s why, as you say, they need to be reigned in and fast.
Roy Ajax
Jon Max and Mister
If a country is divided by two polar opposite side, why shouldn’t it split up? I’m not talking about a violent civil war, but through secession. Who’s going to bring these two groups together at this point? Not Biden and Harris who most Democrats don’t even like. This talk of “taking down” people who have a different opinion and “reigning” them in doesn’t sound very democratic does it? What’s next for you, book burning? Suppressing speech? Do you see where i’m going with this?
Openminded
I mostly agree with you Mister P. But one could ask, exactly which uninformed violent mob of intellectually challenged idiots do you propose to reign in? Before you get angry, I agree that this group of far right radicals needs to be put in their place. Unfortunately, I equally agree that the few extreme radical participants of the BLM protests and riots who burned down building and looted businesses should be reigned in also. These are not the only radical sub groups who need to be held accountable. My point is, everyone has a gripe, most of them deserve to be heard, but no group should allow radicals to tarnish their ideals. I know that the huge majority of BLM protesters were true hearted and have a legit complaint, unfortunately a few radical members tainted the message and distracted from the true objective. Even though I think Trump is stupid crazy for believing he has the right to claim victory and have the election overturned, I still believe his followers have the right to protest peacefully. Unfortunately, a radical group who represent a very small part of the Republican party tainted the message. Fortunately, they screwed themselves and Trump in the process.
Cam
@Openminded
You’ve been on multiple threads trying to excuse treason and an attack on the seat of American government by drawing false comparisons.
On the other thread you tried to claim somebody saying the didn’t like Republicans with Trump inciting an insurrectionist riot. And here you are trying to compare people protesting against police murdering them for not committing crimes, with people who lead an attack on the U.S. Capitol.
And before you try to lie, remember, the majority of violence at the BLM protests are on video and police were shown to be the instigators or escalators.
But thank you for once again exposing that behind your protestations of being open minded, you are just another troll here to defend or minimize the treasonous actions of the rioters who tried to break in to the Capitol and murder our elected officials.
Cam
@Roy Ajax
No surprise, the Republican troll, under this screename wants to have a New Confederacy and is a secessionist.
Thank you for again making it obvious you’re anti-American as well as being a bigot.
GentlemanCaller
Someone got confused about the 80 million…there weren’t that many trump voters.
spacecadet
I hear that number quoted a lot but they may be referring to Trump’s 80 million Twitter followers. However, that doesn’t mean all of them are supporters. Some are journalists or just like to stay aware of what crazy things he was spouting.
Kangol2
If liberals, let alone the truly radical element on the Left (they are out there and don’t think they aren’t watching these right-wing shenanigans and taking notes), had stormed the capital after W Bush slipped into office under the murkiest of electoral circumstances in 2000 or even 2004, or after Don the Con took the office in 2016 despite overtly and covertly calling for Russian help and still losing by 2.8 million popular votes, we’d hear endless screaming from conservatives and Republicans. Oh wait, even though W Bush and Don the Con DID take office, and presided over catastrophic presidencies, far too many cons and Repubs are still screaming, threatening, acting out, and so on. We had four years of this disastrous presidency and 81 million people said ENOUGH and voted for Biden, not Don the Con. Accept it, grow up, and find someone other than yet another failed businessman who has no clue what he’s doing.
toddlicious
Thunderous applause!!!!!
woodroad34
It’s like, ‘vote republican and watch your society and country turn to merde’
Norm
I hope they impeach him. I don’t want to be giving him any kind of support when he leaves office. I imagine the 80 million people that creep that called and said “You poked the bear you little bitch, You’ve got 80 f*cking million people coming after you, you commie little f*cks,” I imagine they will happily support their dolt donald trump when he’s impeached again and loses all his benefits.
amanwithanedge
David Cicilline, WE STAND WITH YOU.
LumpyPillows
No one said being a leader was easy. I admire David Cicilline for standing up.
woodroad34
Do these people not realize that THEY have started a Civil War–not the other way around? The real world moves on and these sociopaths sit and stew in their little swamps, unpracticed in society.
Mister P
Where you’re going is as nonsensical as all the other crap you post
johnnymcmxxx
Some of those terrorists who stormed the Capitol, and were treated far better by most police than the BLM protesters, should’ve been shot in self defense. They were out for blood but got away with far too much violence. It was another example of white privilege & it was grotesque.
Mister P
I am not giving them a pass, but at least the BLM rioters were protesting an injustice that resulted in murder. The violent insurrectionists were misinformed and following a mentally ill leader.
Jack Meoff
It never ceases to astound me how many American’s think like this. No matter how you want to spin it America is a country with a scarily large number of uneducated, uninformed nut jobs and their doesn’t seem to be any other first world nation on Earth that his problem. What is it about America that breeds such radicalised discontent.
Cam
For decades not only have Republicans been attacking education, trying to wipe out the department of Education, and trying to give local boards complete control over what is taught.
But they’ve also tried to continually attack anyone with a college degree as elitist and someone who shouldn’t be listened to.
SaintRock
Mafia Don Trump, has his hitmen/women minions practice extortion. Threaten congress and their family to toe the Trump Regime line.
Tombear
Sometimes it just takes a little fairy!