Man Arrested for Anti-LGBTQ Death Threat Against George Santos

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according to court documents. “You lying, disgusting, disgraceful, motherfucking f****t…. piece of shit. You’re gonna get fucking murdered you goddamn lying piece of garbage.

Watch your back you fat, ugly, piece of shit. You and your husband are dead.”Santos’s office reported the message to the U.S.

Capitol Police and identified Stanzione, of Boynton Beach, as the person behind the voicemail.Once arrested on a charge of threats to do bodily harm, he allegedly told officers he was “offended by Santos” and some of the stances the Republican has taken on gay issues — which may refer to his support of “Don’t Say Gay” legislation or his employment of rhetoric calling opponents of drag bans or book bans “groomers” — and wanted to “make him feel like a piece of shit.”Stanzione also said he felt offended by Santos and does not want him “in his [gay] community.”Stanzione has filed a motion asking for the charges against him to be dismissed, stating that others who have committed similar acts haven’t been prosecuted for them.

He also claimed that the voicemail is a form of constitutionally protected speech under the First Amendment, arguing that he is being prosecuted for engaging in “constitutionally protected political hyperbole.”“The Defendant, like all other in the United States, has the virtually unfettered right to make ‘vehement, caustic, and .. .