A Georgia man was arrested after he allegedly called the office of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and threatened to kill her.
Sean Patrick Cirillo, 34, allegedly called Greeneās office on Wednesday and said he was āgoing to murder herā and āshoot herā in her head, according to a recording of the phone call shared with CNN.
Cirillo has been charged with using communications devices to make threats, a spokesperson from the U.S. Attorneyās Office for the Northern District of Georgia told the outlet.
āIām going to murder her; Iām going to shoot her in the f***ing head and kill her, OK,ā the caller said. āTell the FBI.ā
āIām going to kill her next week,ā the caller continued. āIām going to murder her. You donāt think youāre going to get paycheck? Youāre going to die. Your family is going to die.ā
In a video of the call shared with Channel 2 Action News, the caller can allegedly be heard claiming to have a sniper rifle and be a major donor, be he went on his rant.
Greene thanked ālaw enforcementā officials, including the āRome City Police, the Floyd County Sheriffās Office, U.S. Capitol Police, the House Sergeant at Arms,ā and the FBI for responding quickly and making the arrest, according to a statement provided to the outlet.
āIām not the only victim with this threat of violence,ā Greene said. āMy family is threatened. My staff is threatened. I even had to close my district office due to the potential of violence. Itās wrong and never should happen.ā
This incident marks the second time this week that a Georgia Republican has received threats of violence. Rep. Rich McCormick (R-Ga.) was forced to close his office in downtown Cumming after he received threats.
