{"id":555134,"date":"2021-06-07T10:05:38","date_gmt":"2021-06-07T14:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=555134"},"modified":"2021-06-07T10:05:39","modified_gmt":"2021-06-07T14:05:39","slug":"senate-sergeant-at-arms-political-rhetoric-a-key-driver-behind-increased-threats-against-lawmakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-sergeant-at-arms-political-rhetoric-a-key-driver-behind-increased-threats-against-lawmakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Sergeant-At-Arms: Political Rhetoric A \u2018Key Driver\u2019 Behind Increased Threats Against Lawmakers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fsenate-sergeant-at-arms-political-rhetoric-a-key-driver-behind-increased-threats-against-lawmakers%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=555134&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--><aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\" readability=\"44.939122649955\">\n<p>Senate Sergeant Karen Gibson said Sunday that political rhetoric is a \u201ckey driver\u201d behind the \u201canger\u201d towards political figures and the increase in threats toward lawmakers in the past year.<\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/videos\/politics\/2021\/06\/06\/karen-gibson-senate-sergeant-at-arms-domestic-terrorism-political-rhetoric-brown-nr-sot-vpx.cnn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">interview<\/a> with CNN, Gibson said that threats against lawmakers had increased throughout 2020 and since the Capitol attack on Jan. 6. Gibson ascended to the role after her predecessor, Michael C. Stenger, resigned following the deadly riot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would not say since the insurrection, but certainly in 2020 [threats] began to go up considerably and it has remained heightened for a number of members,\u201d Gibson said. \u201cIt is not since January 6, it certainly predated January sixth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think political rhetoric is a key driver of some of the anger that Americans feel across the political spectrum towards elected officials,\u201d Gibson added, agreeing that such political rhetoric has not faded. \u201cIt certainly keeps things interesting and it means that there are continued threats unfortunately against a number of elected officials.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/16\/capitol-riots-donald-trump-liz-cheney-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-eric-swalwell-mitt-romney\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Trump Critics In Congress Have Spent Tens Of Thousands On Private Security Since The Capitol Riot)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7206219\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"33\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7206219\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7206219\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1230457438-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"A large group of pro-Trump protesters stand on the East steps of the Capitol Building after storming its grounds on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Jon Cherry\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1230457438-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1230457438-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1230457438-620x413-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1230457438-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1230457438-1536x1024-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1230457438-2048x1365-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7206219\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A large group of pro-Trump rioters stand on the East steps of the Capitol Building on January 6. (Jon Cherry\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>While Gibson acknowledged that Americans have the right to express their emotions toward elected officials, she said that their right does not extend to doing so \u201cin a violent way.\u201d\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/28\/capitol-riot-chuck-schumer-mitch-mcconnell-911-commission\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Senate Republicans Kill Bipartisan Commission Into Capitol Riot)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think what concerns me is a group of Americans that have fallen for some conspiracy theories and just some wacked out ideas that are not based in fact,\u201d Gibson said. \u201cI am concerned about people who just cannot separate fact from fiction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gibson also said that Capitol Police were \u201cfar more attuned\u201d to potential attacks <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/01\/08\/senate-homeland-security-governmental-affairs-rules-administration-investigation-capitol-building-security-failure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">following Jan. 6<\/a>, saying that they \u201cwould be ready,\u201d if something similar occurred in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Sergeant Karen Gibson said Sunday that political rhetoric is a \u201ckey driver\u201d behind the \u201canger\u201d towards political figures and the increase in threats toward lawmakers in the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2279424,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1230457438-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Senate Sergeant-At-Arms: Political Rhetoric A \u2018Key Driver\u2019 Behind Increased Threats Against Lawmakers","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-555134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1230457438-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Senate Sergeant-At-Arms: Political Rhetoric A \u2018Key Driver\u2019 Behind Increased Threats Against Lawmakers","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555134","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=555134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555134\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2279424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=555134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=555134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=555134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}