Shortly after tackling Fauci going head to head with Jesuit Fauci Rand paul receives death threats. Said Paul, “While Washington bureaucrats deny funding gain-of-function research in Wuhan, experts believe otherwise. My amendment will ensure that this never happens in the future.”
“I take these threats immensely seriously,” Paul wrote on Twitter. “As a repeated target of violence, it is reprehensible that Twitter allows C-list celebrities to encourage violence against me and my family.”
I take these threats immensely seriously. As a repeated target of violence, it is reprehensible that Twitter allows C-list celebrities to encourage violence against me and my family. https://t.co/e1rQ6uwPdf
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) May 24, 2021
In a follow-up tweet, Paul wrote that musician Richard Marx had “called for violence against me” over the weekend via Twitter. On Sunday, Marx wrote that he’d like to “hug [Paul’s neighbor] and buy him as many drinks as he can consume.”
On November 3, 2017, Paul’s neighbor, Rene Boucher, tackled Paul over a lawn dispute. The attack broke six of Paul’s ribs. The resulting breathing issues contributed to Paul developing pneumonia.
Boucher was charged with assaulting a member of Congress. He pleaded guilty. He served a 30-day prison sentence, paid a $10,000 fine and served 100 hours of community service as a punishment. Paul also sued Boucher for $580,000 in damages.
In 2018, police arrested a man who allegedly threatened to murder Paul’s family with an ax.
Paul is the second Republican official to receive white powder in the mail over the last five days.
On the afternoon of Wednesday, May 19, Arizona State Senate President Karen Fann’s office received an envelope containing an “unidentified white powder.” Fann authorized a ballot audit for the 2 million-plus votes cast in Maricopa County during the 2020 election.
The Department of Public Safety investigated and determined that the powder was not hazardous. It’s unclear what the powder was or who sent it.
The Maricopa audit has been widely mocked as a “clown show” and a “joke.” The audit is being conducted by a company called Cyber Ninjas. The company has no experience auditing elections and its CEO has peddled baseless conspiracy theories of election fraud.
Newsweek contacted the FBI for comment.