Mark Udall Receives Death Threat At Denver Office

Colorado Senator Mark Udall on Thursday became the latest member of the Colorado Congressional delegation to receive a threat of violence this week for supporting health care reform.

Udall received a threatening voicemail at his Denver office on Wednesday, the same day he voted tom approve the health care reform bill that passed the house on Monday.

Udall spokeswoman Tara Trujillo says authorities have tracked down the man responsible for the message, who later apologized.

Earlier this week, Democratic Congresswoman Betsy Markey also received threats after she voted for the bill. The threats prompted Markey, who opposed the initial bill before the House last year and made headlines by supporting the compromised reconciliation bill, to put in a request to Fort Collins police extra security around her house. A representative of the Fort Collins Police Department told Westword on Thursday, that the department has been aware of any additional threats since they began the heightened security procedures.

Comments

[WeCanDoMore]

09:57 PM on 03/26/2010

They found they guy and they let him go? Is this not a crime???

[Nancy Cronk]

03:58 AM on 03/26/2010

I am sorry to hear this. Mark Udall is a leader with a conscience and compassion. No one should be bullied or intimidated for doing what is morally right. How very sad...

[pa30]

07:20 PM on 03/27/2010

Mark Udall is a Boulder ,rich elitist. Still, no one codones threats

[coscorpio]

08:27 PM on 03/25/2010

I wonder if his apology included wasting the tax dollars (that he's so fond of protecting) it took to track him down?

[pa30]

08:04 PM on 03/25/2010

I'm not surprised. I have people on the left and right come into my office every day that I think are capable of violence. Udall ,on the other hand, is a proelitist, rich man.

[wordherd]

02:26 AM on 03/26/2010

What kind of office do you work in? That sounds interesting.

[bobpomeroy]

02:33 PM on 03/26/2010

Not surprised covers a lot of ground. Even the attorney-client privilege does not exempt from reporting a crime on one's horizon. A 'proelitist rich man'. Wow. I suspect you think that's both true and justification for domestic terrorism. I assure you that you couldn't be more wrong. You should apply your standard to the Elmer Gantrys you watch on TV or listen to on the radio. That's if you really believe in those standards. Either that or move to Ohio.

[TeamAnarchy]

07:50 PM on 03/25/2010

Another Death threat?

I wonder what the odds are that the person/s making these death threats belong to some pro-life group?

Gubment, Git yer hands of my medicare!

[bobpomeroy]

03:13 PM on 03/26/2010

This comment and it's circumstances show what the justification of 'plausible deniability' has wrought. If government people do it, Average Joe thinks he can do it too.

[WeCanDoMore]

10:02 PM on 03/26/2010

Makes perfect sense. Pro lifers are not pro life if it costs them a dime, after the child is born.

Let woman make up their minds for themselves, and stop forcing your viewpoint up the whohas of others. That is the definition of fascism

All these men in power, forcing their will upon woman. Hmmm

[Weirdwriter]

07:20 PM on 03/25/2010

The elitist Republican leadership has yet to thoroughly condemn the threats, violence, vandalism and attempts at intimidation directed by ginned-up "conservatives" against the Democrats who voted for a piece of legislation supported by millions of Americans.

As President Obama warned, depicting him and Democrats as demons, traitors, communists, etc. boxes the Republicans -- they can't ever appear to be more reasonable lest their more rabid base decide that they've become turncoats.

[LMPE]

06:51 PM on 03/25/2010

If Glenn Beck doesn't condemn these actions, then we should call him complicit in domestic terrorism.

[RevJimIII]

11:54 PM on 03/25/2010

He has on many occasions denounced violence as an answer even before the recent threats and he continues almost daily to plead for people to resolve our issues in debate or elections...

[TOPCAT711]

01:51 PM on 03/26/2010

When a man uses vapo-rub in his eyes to produce tears, I question his sincerity.

[bobpomeroy]

03:15 PM on 03/26/2010

Oh please don't through me in the briar patch RevJim. Anything but the briar patch