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Friday, August 27, 2010

Death Threats Force FreedomWorks To Move

The grass-roots conservative FreedomWorks organization has received so many death threats in the run-up to the midterm elections that the organization is moving its headquarters.

"Yes, it's constant, and we are going to have to move up to Capitol Hill," FreedomWorks spokesman Adam Brandon tells Newsmax.

The threats are coming in via phone and e-mail, and have escalated to the point that the organization has decided it must move into a high-security building near the U.S. Capitol building.

Many of the threats are said to involve high-profile FreedomWorks chairman and former Rep. Dick Armey, who has become a de facto spokesperson for the tea party movement.

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

"grass-roots conservative FreedomWorks organization"

It was started and funded by billionaires, and was run by Dick Armey. How is that "grass-roots"?

Anonymous said...

10:51 Your spin says it's OK to threaten violence UP YOURS !

Anonymous said...

The violence and threats are ramping up from the left-- even here in Salisbury.
But it won't do any good, because we're committed and determined to TAKE THIS COUNTRY BACK.
We won't be intimidated, either.
Many of us are vets.
You want to start something? Go ahead.

Anonymous said...

Were not the namby pamby left ! Not afraid of cowardly random acts of violence .