If former Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden received as many death threats as President Donald Trump does, it is one of the country’s biggest secrets.
It seems like every other week there is a report detailing a new threat against our current commander-in-chief, and that doesn’t even count the number of actual attempts on his life.
With that said, there was another threat recently, and this one came from someone seeking a seat in Congress.
An Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, man who is running as a Democrat for the U.S. Senate has been arrested on allegations that he threatened to kill Trump and a member of Congress.
An FBI spokesperson confirmed that agents, working alongside the U.S. Secret Service, arrested Raymond Chandler in Pittsburgh.
According to an affidavit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Chandler allegedly left a voicemail for an unidentified member of Congress on April 18 in which he described a violent scenario involving the lawmaker and the lawmaker’s family.
Prosecutors allege he said such violence was justified because “wealth concentration has gotten so bad in this country.”
Court documents further allege that Chandler left another voicemail on April 29 urging a member of Congress to assassinate President Trump. Prosecutors say he also referred to Trump as “a liar among all liars” and “the antichrist.”
According to the affidavit, congressional staff contacted law enforcement after Chandler’s messages became increasingly threatening toward the president, members of Congress, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Hours before his arrest, Chandler posted a YouTube video announcing his campaign for the U.S. Senate, saying he intended to challenge Sen. John Fetterman in the 2028 Democratic primary.
