Texas Dems Evacuated from Illinois Hotel Over Bomb Threat

Gov. JB Pritzker (D-IL) said he was aware of the threats made. In statements, Texas state Reps. Ann Johnson and John Bucy pointed to Texas Republican leaders’ rhetoric for the threat.

“I’ve had my life threatened before as a chief human trafficking prosecutor,” Johnson said. “I never expected those threats would come from the Governor or my colleagues in the Legislature.”

“Extremism is dangerous,” she continued. “Continuing to go further and further down the path of incitement and intimidation is dangerous. And this is the perfect example.”

“This is what happens when Republican leaders, like our corrupt Attorney General, call on their supporters to ‘hunt us down,’” Bucy wrote.“We’ve been threatened by the governor, the attorney general, and our colleagues in the House. This is harmful discourse that emboldens bad actors and encourages violence.”

“Democrats in the Texas House who try and run away like cowards should be found, arrested, and brought back to the Capitol immediately,” he wrote. “We should use every tool at our disposal to hunt down those who think they are above the law.”