{"id":2231658,"date":"2024-04-27T16:45:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-27T20:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-charged-with-making-bomb-threat-to-republican-senate-candidate-is-donor-to-democrat-opponent\/"},"modified":"2024-04-27T16:45:55","modified_gmt":"2024-04-27T20:45:55","slug":"man-charged-with-making-bomb-threat-to-republican-senate-candidate-is-donor-to-democrat-opponent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-charged-with-making-bomb-threat-to-republican-senate-candidate-is-donor-to-democrat-opponent\/","title":{"rendered":"Man accused of bomb threat to GOP Senate candidate is a donor to rival Democrat"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fman-charged-with-making-bomb-threat-to-republican-senate-candidate-is-donor-to-democrat-opponent%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=2231658&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--><p>A Wisconsin man who supports Senator Tammy Baldwin has been charged with making a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-police-responding-to-bomb-threat-at-empire-state-building\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Police Responding to Bomb Threat at Empire State Building\">bomb threat<\/a> to her Republican opponent&#8217;s campaign office. The accused, Joseph Quade, allegedly sent a threatening message to \u2062Eric Hovde&#8217;s office, \u2063prompting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-secretary-of-state-investigating-voter-registration-group-run-by-democrat-raphael-warnock\/\" title=\"Georgia Secretary Of State Investigating Voter Registration Group Run By Democrat Raphael Warnock\">police investigation<\/a>. Quade, a donor to Baldwin&#8217;s campaign, claimed he \u200dcouldn&#8217;t recall the incident but hinted at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-resolution-demands-boycott-of-beijing-olympics\/\" title=\"GOP resolution demands boycott of Beijing Olympics\">political motive<\/a>. The\u200c Wisconsin man \u200daccused of supporting Senator Tammy Baldwin and charged with making a bomb threat to her Republican opponent&#8217;s campaign office is \u2063Joseph Quade. Quade allegedly sent a threatening message to Eric Hovde&#8217;s office, triggering a police investigation. \u200dDespite claiming a lack of recollection, Quade, a contributor to Baldwin&#8217;s campaign, implied a possible political motivation behind the act.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A Wisconsin man who donated to Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) has been charged with making a bomb threat to the campaign office of her Republican challenger. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Police charged 72-year-old Joseph Quade with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-prepping-for-art-career-with-shady-dealer\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden prepping for art career with shady dealer\">making terrorist threats<\/a> on Friday after investigating a message sent to the Senate campaign office of Eric Hovde that said the office \u201cmight blow up,\u201d the Wisconsin State Journal <a href=\"https:\/\/madison.com\/news\/local\/crime-courts\/joseph-quade-eric-hovde-threat-crime-madison-wisconsin\/article_d0bf5d20-0420-11ef-b524-efb32d044d9a.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>. Hovde, a businessman, is attempting to unseat Baldwin in the November election.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cHey (EH), you think your building might blow up tomorrow? I don\u2019t think you should have any of your people come to work,\u201d said the threatening message, which was sent via a voice memo attached to an email, according to the criminal complaint. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Quade told police that he did not remember making the threat, but said he could get \u201ca little political,\u201d and it was possible he sent the message, the Journal reported. The threat to Hovde\u2019s office in Madison was sent in on April 4. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Quade has donated to Baldwin\u2019s campaign on three separate occasions in 2023, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/receipts\/individual-contributions\/?committee_id=C00326801&#038;contributor_name=joe+quade&#038;two_year_transaction_period=2022&#038;two_year_transaction_period=2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">according<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  to Federal Election Commission data. His most recent donation came on December 29 and totaled $25. Previously he donated $25 and $50 to Baldwin\u2019s campaign. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to the complaint, Quade said he sometimes drinks too much and says things he doesn\u2019t mean. If convicted, Quade could be sentenced to 3.5 years of combined prison and extended supervision, the Journal noted. He<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> will go before a judge in Dane County Circuit Court on May 2. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1714129450076000&#038;usg=AOvVaw11MUL_oXewNl-yGfGqnuu8\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marquette.edu\/news-center\/2024\/law-poll-finds-very-close-presidential-us-senate-races-in-wisconsin.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">poll<\/a> from Marquette University shows a close race between Baldwin and Hovde in the Badger State, with Baldwin at 52% among registered voters and Hovde at 47%. Baldwin, who is seeking her third term in the Senate, won her last election by over 10 points. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The poll also showed former President Donald Trump leading President Joe Biden by two points. Trump was backed by 51% of registered voters while Biden was supported by 49%.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wisconsin is expected to be a battleground state in 2024 with the winner likely going on to win the presidency. The Republican National Convention will be held in Milwaukee in July as they look to flip the state back after the 2020 election. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Baldwin did not immediately respond to request for comment from The Daily Wire. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Wisconsin man, who supported Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), faces charges for allegedly issuing a bomb threat to her Republican rival&#8217;s campaign office. The police charged 72-year-old Joseph Quade with making terrorist threats following an investigation into a threatening message directed at Eric Hovde&#8217;s Senate campaign office<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":2231659,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/MixCollage-27-Apr-2024-01-32-PM-194.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2231658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/MixCollage-27-Apr-2024-01-32-PM-194.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2231658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/200"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2231658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2231658\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2231659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2231658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2231658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2231658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}