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
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Indian-American Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal has received abusive and hate messages over phone, reported PTI. On 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.
“…We also cannot accept the racism and sexism that underlies and propels so much of this violence.”
— Pramila Jayapal, Indian-American Congresswoman
“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.
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