Slotkin gets security detail in wake of Trump death penalty remarks, threats [View all]
Washington ― U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin has been assigned around-the-clock police protection, her office said, following calls by President Donald Trump on Thursday morning that the Michigan lawmaker should be arrested and possibly put to death over a video that she made with other Democrats.
Slotkin told NBC News that she has received "hundreds and hundreds, if not, you know, closer to 1,000 threats" since the video first picked up traction in the news earlier in the week and then Trump suggested on Thursday that her message was "SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!"
Now, a U.S. Capitol Police officer is following Slotkin around everywhere she goes to ensure her safety, her office said late Thursday.
The Holly Democrat had posted online the video recording of Democratic veterans in Congress on Tuesday. The video features Slotkin and five other lawmakers who contended that the Trump administration is pitting the uniformed military and intelligence community professionals against U.S. citizens, and urged them not to follow unspecified illegal orders: "Don't give up the ship."
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