Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was asleep at her Floyd County house when she heard a knock on her door. Outside her bedroom window, there were people and flashlights.
Quickly she got out of bed and dressed herself. Then, she went to the front door. She reached for the gun instinctually, but something told her not to.
It is possible that her decision not to take her gun could have saved her life.
Five police officers were standing on her porch with their guns at the ready. They told the confused congresswoman that they were responding to a report of a fatal shooting at her house–a man shot five times in a bathtub, with a woman and children still in the residence–indicating violence could escalate.
” “I believe you were swatted,” Greene was told by the police after realizing what had happened. Swatting is the use of prank calls in order to dispatch tactical police officers to the home of a victim. It’s a federal offense that has led to severe consequences.
“So that’s what it is, someone wanted me to be killed,” Greene stated on the “Capitol Report” program of The Epoch Times sister publication NTD. They wanted to dispatch the police to my place, where they believed there was murder going on, so that the police could kill me or another person in my home .”
The incident, which occurred in the early hours of Aug. 24, would mark the first of two successive swatting attempts in 26 hours targeting Greene over her stance on transgender issues.
The caller in the initial prank called claimed that he was calling from the Virginia Crisis Line. The suspect called back after police had responded with a voice-activated response, claiming they were connecting with “kiwifarm.net”, a site which supports cyberstalking according to a police report that was shared with The Epoch Times. According to The Epoch Times, the person claimed that they had concerns about Greene’s views on trans-gender youth rights .
Greene had earlier proposed legislation called “Protect Children’s Innocence Act” which makes it a Class C felony to perform any medical treatment on minors to alter their biological sexuality. The penalty under her bill is 10 to 25 years in prison with a maximum fine of $250,000.
The lawmaker was unflinching when she spoke about her bill Thursday morning. Greene stated, “We must protect children and let them grow up before making these life-altering choices that cannot be reversed.”
Another fake shooting call was made the next day, just before three o’clock in the morning. In the call, made through an internet chat, a person claiming to be Wayne Greene said they “came out as transgender,” had shot their family members, and threatened to turn the gun on themself, according to a. Aug. 25 police report.
” If anyone attempts to stop me shooting myself, they will shoot me,” declared the caller. He warned that the “they would wait for us” and said, “They would be waiting for you.”
Two officers arrived at Greene’s house and informed her of the danger at her front door.
The police were unable to locate the caller due to him using a VPN. A VPN is a program that encrypts an individual’s internet history.
Greene thanked the police for their handling of these incidents.
” They are focused and know exactly what is happening,” she stated, adding that she trusts the officers in her area and feels safe with them.
But such an abuse of police resources has to stop, Greene said, noting that her local police department is now hiring an additional 18 officers.
” They’re already undermanned so they don’t have to come to my home for someone trying to political target me. However, they must be ready to deal with any serious situation that may arise in the area.” she stated.
Greene claimed that the mainstream media was complicit in her fate. She claimed that she was “targeting trans children, which is such an awful lie,” and noted that former transgender youths had come forward to express their dismay in public.
” They went through hormones which have permanently changed their voices, and puberty blocksers that will cause them long-term problems such as low bone density or chemical castration. She said that these are very serious issues. She said that the mainstream media lies about her and are trying to get me killed .”
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” “It’s getting to the point where they’re making people think about me,” she said.
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Eva Fu, a New York-based journalist for The Epoch Times, focuses on U.S.-China relations and religious freedom. Contact Eva at [email protected]
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