{"id":1621531,"date":"2022-08-25T19:04:57","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T23:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1621531"},"modified":"2022-08-25T19:05:05","modified_gmt":"2022-08-25T23:05:05","slug":"rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-swatted-at-her-georgia-home-at-1am-after-fake-call-from-pro-trans-extremist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-swatted-at-her-georgia-home-at-1am-after-fake-call-from-pro-trans-extremist\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Swatted at Her Georgia Home at 1AM After Fake Call From Pro-Trans Extremist"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frep-marjorie-taylor-greene-swatted-at-her-georgia-home-at-1am-after-fake-call-from-pro-trans-extremist%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1621531&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"code-block code-block-8\">\n<p><\/div>\n<p>Congressional firebrand Marjorie Taylor Greene has reported that she was swatted by police at her Rome, Georgia home at 1am on Tuesday night\/Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>UPDATE:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Local newspaper reports state:<\/p>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\">\n<p>According to a Rome Police Department report, Rome police officers responded to a 911 call on Wednesday at 01:03 a.m. which led them to initially believe a man who had been shot multiple times in the bathtub at Greene\u2019s home. The caller also stated there was a woman inside the home and possibly children with her. When officers responded Greene assured the officers there was no issue at the home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter we cleared the call and went back in service, Rome-Floyd 911 received a call from the suspect, claiming responsibility for the incident and explaining his\/her motives,\u201d the report stated. \u201cIt was a computer generated voice. They explained they were upset about Ms. Greene\u2019s stance on \u2018trans-gender youth\u2019s rights,\u2019 and stated they were trying to \u2018swat\u2019 her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The report also stated caller said they are connected to a website, which police stated supports cyberstalking, and gave the police their user name on the site.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now, Congresswoman Greene\u2019s safety is our number one concern,\u201d Greene\u2019s spokesperson Nick Dyer said Wednesday. \u201cLate last night, she was a victim of a political attack on her family and home. Whoever committed this violent crime will face the full extent of the law.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4><strong>ORIGINAL REPORT:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cSwatting\u201d is commonly defined as \u201cthe\u00a0action\u00a0of making a\u00a0false\u00a0report\u00a0of a\u00a0serious\u00a0emergency\u00a0so that a\u00a0<span class=\"nondv-xref dnondv-xref\">SWAT\u00a0team<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"gloss dgloss\">(=a group of officers trained to deal with dangerous situations)<\/span>\u00a0will go to a person\u2019s\u00a0home, by someone who\u00a0wants\u00a0to\u00a0frighten,\u00a0upset, or\u00a0cause\u00a0problems\u00a0for that\u00a0person\u201d. The act usually involves heavily armed police.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Last night, I was swatted just after 1 am.<\/p>\n<p>I can\u2019t express enough gratitude to my local law enforcement here in Rome, Floyd County.<\/p>\n<p>More details to come.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@RepMTG) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMTG\/status\/1562422730481598464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In 2015, Princeton New Jersey Police Chief Nick Sutter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/mercer\/2015\/06\/princeton_swatting_incidents_schools_malls_hoaxes.html\">said<\/a> of swatting: \u201cTo me, this fits the definition of terrorism. This isn\u2019t a bomb threat that a child calls in.\u201d He called it a national epidemic.<\/p>\n<p>The act of \u201cswatting\u201d has been applied to a number of anti-establishment figures in recent months, with former Trump advisor Stephen K. Bannon being swatted at his Capitol Hill townhouse, and YouTuber Tim Pool experiencing the same several times over in the past year, sometimes while live on air.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast night, I was swatted just after 1 am. I can\u2019t express enough gratitude to my local law enforcement here in Rome, Floyd County. More details to come,\u201d Taylor Greene wrote on Twitter on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Kolbye, a former FBI swatting expert, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.economist.com\/united-states\/2019\/01\/12\/swatting-could-become-a-federal-crime\">told<\/a> <em>The Economist<\/em> that annual swatting incidents have climbed from roughly 400 in 2011 to more than 1,000 in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Greene \u2013 a combative, right wing lawmaker \u2013 has been the target of Democrat <em>and<\/em> establishment Republican attacks since she entered Congress in 2020.<\/p>\n<p><em>This is a developing story. We will add further details as they emerge.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\">\n<p><\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-5\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/app.memberful.com\/join\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">  <\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congressional firebrand Marjorie Taylor Greene has reported that she was swatted by police at her Rome, Georgia home at 1am on Tuesday night\/Wednesday morning. 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