Friday, October 22, 2010

And furthermore...

No evidence of right-wing extremism here:

White powder delivered in an swastika-covered envelope to the Tucson, Ariz., office of Rep. Raul Grijalva is a toxic substance, the Democratic congressman said the FBI told him Thursday afternoon…

An envelope arrived with swastikas drawn on the outside and a white powdery substance on the inside, Adam Sarvana, Grijalva’s spokesman, told the Arizona Daily Star newspaper.

It’s not the first time his office has been the target of threats, the Daily Star said. Grijalva received death threats in April, shortly after SB1070, the anti-illegal-immigrant law, was signed. He called for a boycott in response. He closed his Tucson and Yuma offices as a result of the threats, the Daily Star said.

In July, after he called off the boycott, staffers found a bullet and a shattered window inside his Yuma office, the Daily Star said.

Grijalva appeared on a national news talk show this week complaining about racist tactics being used during his campaign for re-election…

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

what you seek on Rising Hegemon, stays on Rising Hegemon.
Such is the passive nature of the gnews.
vox, vexed and wanting to cast stones

JDM said...

Don't worry. We'll get to the bottom of this just like we did with the anthrax.

pansypoo said...

a robust investigation by the DOJ would be nice.

omen said...

does he chair a committee that's blocking something consequential? thom hartmann reminded the audience last week how daschle and patrick leahy initially were against passing the patriot act. then their offices got hit with anthrax.