A barrage of threatening phone calls. Myriad social media posts laced with profanities. Threats of harm.
In 2020, public officials faced escalating threats of violence fueled by disinformation. Women faced some of the worst of it, @bcrodriguez reports.https://bit.ly/3hwZmY1
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9/ While many officeholders across the country have faced vitriol, attacks against women are harsher and more relentless, and worse for women of color, said
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10/ Nessel said whenever U.S. Rep.
@RashidaTlaib, a congresswoman from the state who was the first Muslim woman to serve in the Michigan legislature, tags her in a post on Twitter, the attorney general sees an uptick in hateful messages.https://bit.ly/3hwZmY1Show this thread -
11/ Massachusetts Rep.
@AyannaPressley recently spoke with The 19th about the threats that have come with her pioneering first term in Congress and the toll it has taken on her, her staff and her family.https://bit.ly/37WP00DShow this thread -
12/12 Threats have not deterred Nessel, Benson and Whitmer from doing their jobs. “You can threaten us. You can say terrible things about us on social media. You can have protests at our homes. It’s not going to stop us from doing our jobs,” Nessel said.https://bit.ly/3hwZmY1
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