On Thursday, September 8, she posted a collection of five such audio messages. In all these, portions of which have been redacted because of obscene and abusive content.
Washington: Indian-American Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal has been receiving abusive and hate messages over phone, a PTI report in The Tribune, Chandigarh, says.
On Thursday, September 8, she posted a collection of five such audio messages. In all these, portions of which have been redacted because of obscene and abusive content, the male caller is heard threatening her with dire consequences and in one instance she is being asked to go back to her country of origin India.
“Typically, political figures don’t show their vulnerability. I chose to do so here because we cannot accept violence as our new norm. We also cannot accept the racism and sexism that underlies and propels so much of this violence,” Jayapal said in a tweet.
Early this summer, a man with a pistol had showed up outside the Congresswoman’s house in Seattle. The man, identified by police as Brett Forsell, 49, was arrested later.
In one instance, she is being asked to return to her country of origin, India.
Jayapal said: “A man full of racism and anger showed up at my home with a loaded gun. I’m sharing this because we can’t be silent in the face of rising violence. These aren’t isolated incidents. From the Big Lie to Jan 6 to an armed man at my door, too much is at stake.”
“Typically, political figures don’t show their vulnerability. I chose to do so here because we cannot accept violence as our new norm. We also cannot accept the racism and sexism that underlies and propels so much of this violence,” Jayapal said in another tweet.
Jayapal, 55, is the first Indian-American Congresswoman who represents Seattle in the US House of Representatives. “Typically, political figures don’t show their vulnerability. I chose to do so here because we cannot accept violence as our new norm. We also cannot accept the racism and sexism that underlies and propels so much of this violence,” Jayapal, from the Democratic Party, said in a tweet.
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