Report: Threats Target 70 Senators, 185 House Members

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA New York Times investigation finds violent threats were aimed at at least seventy U.S. senators, one hundred eighty-five House members and forty-four governors over the past two years.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe Times built that count from more than one hundred open-records requests, and it lands as candidates enter the final weeks of the midterm campaign.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThat means threats are now a routine part of the job for lawmakers of both parties, and the cost of protecting them keeps climbing.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorForty-four governors. That's most of the country's governors, and I'd bet none of them mention it at the barbecue.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorPeople are still running for office anyway, and I find that genuinely brave. Nobody sane applies for a job with that mailbox.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorNobody sane is applying, Vera, which explains a great deal about the last decade of Congress.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe Times says the tally comes from police and security records, so these are cases someone formally wrote down, not just angry comments online.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWritten down. That's the part that stays with me.