This is a terrible trend. This sort of terrorism is becoming increasingly common.
South Florida Man Arrested for Threatening to Kill Democratic Lawmakers, Including Ilhan Omar
JERRY IANNELLI | APRIL 19, 2019 | 12:22PM
Lately, Donald Trump fans have enjoyed attacking left-leaning Americans. Last year, for instance, Miami-area resident Cesar Sayoc sent pipe bombs to prominent liberals across the nation and went to jail. Today another South Florida man was arrested, this time for allegedly threatening to kill four Democrats.
Federal authorities today announced that John Kless, a 49-year-old resident of Tamarac in Broward County, called three Democrats at their Washington, D.C. offices April 16 and left voicemail messages threatening murder. The lawmakers included California Congressman Eric Swalwell, Detroit Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, and New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker.
In all three messages, Kless referenced his hatred for Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar — repeatedly calling her a "towel head" and a member of the Taliban. In his message to Tlaib's office, Kless referenced Omar's recent "some people did something" comments about 9/11 — a statement Omar made to argue that all Muslims should not be punished for the actions of the few who committed the attacks. But conservatives have taken Omar's comments entirely out of context to falsely argue that Omar was diminishing the impact or tragedy of 9/11.
"It was your Taliban bitch, the one who opened up her ****ing towel-head mouth about how 'some people did it,'" Kless allegedly said in his message to Tlaib. "You know what? She's lucky she's just getting death threats, bitch. So are you. All right? You're lucky they're just threats, mother****er, 'cause the day when the bell tolls, whore, and this country comes to a war, there will be no more threats. Your life will be on the ****ing line."
Kless allegedly continued to say the following:
No one wants to ****ing hear you or that other little whore. I'd like to take that bitch and throw her right off the Empire State Building, that ****ing whore. Tell her to shut her ****ing mouth. You ****ing **** her all the time probably. So tell her to shut the **** up, all right? From one towel head to another. You stanking, ****ing, smelly, ****ing bitch. **** off. I wish all of you the worst. You can go **** off in life. **** you, and **** Mohammed too, you bitch ****ing ****.
Kless also allegedly criticized Swalwell's stance on gun control. Kless reportedly said if Swalwell enacted gun-safety laws, someone would kill the lawmaker. He also called Swalwell a communist.
"The day you come after our guns, mother****er, is the day you'll be dead," Kless said, according to a federal indictment. He added, "You're gonna die. Don't wanna do that shit, boy. You'll be [on] your deathbed, mother****er, along with the rest of you Democrats. So if you want death, keep that shit up, mother****er."
Kless repeatedly used the N-word to refer to Booker and called him a "monkey," according to court records, adding he wanted to kill black men like the senator. "You're a ****ing disgrace," Kless allegedly said. "We need to kill all you mother****ers, man, every ****ing one of you, man." He added that the terror attack in Charlottesville, Virginia — in which a white supremacist drove a car into progressive protester Heather Heyer — killed only "one ****ing person." He then said Booker should tell his "colleague with the towel on her head to shut up about 9/11."
In two of the three voicemail messages, Kless defended Trump and told lawmakers to stop criticizing him. After running Kless' name and phone number, federal investigators learned he had previously left "profane/harassing" messages at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office.
"You're going to be the mother****ers that pay," Kless allegedly told Booker. "Don't worry — you government officials will be in the graves where you belong."
Kless has been charged with making threatening communications, a federal crime punishable by up to five years in prison.
South Florida Man Arrested for Threatening to Kill Democratic Lawmakers, Including Ilhan Omar
JERRY IANNELLI | APRIL 19, 2019 | 12:22PM
Lately, Donald Trump fans have enjoyed attacking left-leaning Americans. Last year, for instance, Miami-area resident Cesar Sayoc sent pipe bombs to prominent liberals across the nation and went to jail. Today another South Florida man was arrested, this time for allegedly threatening to kill four Democrats.
Federal authorities today announced that John Kless, a 49-year-old resident of Tamarac in Broward County, called three Democrats at their Washington, D.C. offices April 16 and left voicemail messages threatening murder. The lawmakers included California Congressman Eric Swalwell, Detroit Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, and New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker.
In all three messages, Kless referenced his hatred for Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar — repeatedly calling her a "towel head" and a member of the Taliban. In his message to Tlaib's office, Kless referenced Omar's recent "some people did something" comments about 9/11 — a statement Omar made to argue that all Muslims should not be punished for the actions of the few who committed the attacks. But conservatives have taken Omar's comments entirely out of context to falsely argue that Omar was diminishing the impact or tragedy of 9/11.
"It was your Taliban bitch, the one who opened up her ****ing towel-head mouth about how 'some people did it,'" Kless allegedly said in his message to Tlaib. "You know what? She's lucky she's just getting death threats, bitch. So are you. All right? You're lucky they're just threats, mother****er, 'cause the day when the bell tolls, whore, and this country comes to a war, there will be no more threats. Your life will be on the ****ing line."
Kless allegedly continued to say the following:
No one wants to ****ing hear you or that other little whore. I'd like to take that bitch and throw her right off the Empire State Building, that ****ing whore. Tell her to shut her ****ing mouth. You ****ing **** her all the time probably. So tell her to shut the **** up, all right? From one towel head to another. You stanking, ****ing, smelly, ****ing bitch. **** off. I wish all of you the worst. You can go **** off in life. **** you, and **** Mohammed too, you bitch ****ing ****.
Kless also allegedly criticized Swalwell's stance on gun control. Kless reportedly said if Swalwell enacted gun-safety laws, someone would kill the lawmaker. He also called Swalwell a communist.
"The day you come after our guns, mother****er, is the day you'll be dead," Kless said, according to a federal indictment. He added, "You're gonna die. Don't wanna do that shit, boy. You'll be [on] your deathbed, mother****er, along with the rest of you Democrats. So if you want death, keep that shit up, mother****er."
Kless repeatedly used the N-word to refer to Booker and called him a "monkey," according to court records, adding he wanted to kill black men like the senator. "You're a ****ing disgrace," Kless allegedly said. "We need to kill all you mother****ers, man, every ****ing one of you, man." He added that the terror attack in Charlottesville, Virginia — in which a white supremacist drove a car into progressive protester Heather Heyer — killed only "one ****ing person." He then said Booker should tell his "colleague with the towel on her head to shut up about 9/11."
In two of the three voicemail messages, Kless defended Trump and told lawmakers to stop criticizing him. After running Kless' name and phone number, federal investigators learned he had previously left "profane/harassing" messages at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office.
"You're going to be the mother****ers that pay," Kless allegedly told Booker. "Don't worry — you government officials will be in the graves where you belong."
Kless has been charged with making threatening communications, a federal crime punishable by up to five years in prison.
