'It's a tough time, and it's so unsettling,' said Michigan Rep. Fred Upton, a Republican who received a violent voicemail after voting for the bipartisan infrastructure bill.
Physical threats to lawmakers, their staff and family are"not what our democracy is about" Michigan Rep. Fred Upton, a Republican who received a violent voicemail after voting for the bipartisan infrastructure bill, said Sunday.
"It's a tough time, and it's so unsettling," Upton told CNN's Jake Tapper on"State of the Union" when asked if he was concerned the Capitol insurrection was the beginning or end of a new era of political violence."It is a sad day in America when this type of stuff -- I have got a better four-letter word for it, but I will save you -- when it happens."Upton, one of 13 House Republicans who voted with Democrats to pass the $1.
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