Authorities say a Florida man left threatening rants about gun control, illegal immigration, homosexuals, black people and Muslims for three Democratic members of Congress: Sen. Cory Booker (New Jersey), Rep. Rashida Tlaib (Michigan) and Rep. Eric Swalwell, who represents the East Bay.
The U.S. Attorney's Office says 49-year-old John Kless was arrested Friday and charged with making threatening communications.
The federal criminal complaint says Kless called the Washington offices of all three on Tuesday and left profanity-laden voicemails. The messages specifically mentioned the elected officials being killed. Warning: The complaint, embedded at the bottom of the article, contains incredibly graphic language.
"The day you come after our guns, motherf*****, is the day you'll be dead," said the voicemail left for Swalwell. Kless also referred repeatedly to the representative's "Taliban friends" and used extremely derogatory slurs.
Investigators say they traced the phone number back to Kless, who lives in Tamarac, Florida. U.S. Capitol Police previously investigated Kless for a message left in February for Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.