He's asked for additional security around his offices in Michigan and in Washington D.C.
WASHINGTON D.C. -- At least fifty threats against his life--that's what Congressman Bart Stupak says he's received in the last few days ever since his climactic vote for health care reform on Sunday.
Stupak says his offices have been overwhelmed by phone calls, most of them from outside his congressional district, and some of them distinctly nasty in tone.
This is one of the calls: "You are ---- punk, Stupak. That's what you are. You and your family are scum. You oughta fill your pockets with lead and jump in the Potomac. Punk."
Congressman Stupak says, because of the threats, he's asked for additional security around his offices in Michigan and in Washington D.C.
But, he says that he has not yet asked for more security for himself.
"I feel fairly safe when I'm moving back and forth between votes and around the capitol complex. I've not asked for additional security when I go off the complex. There has been, it's fair to say, additional police presence around my home and things like that in Menominee," said Stupak.
Stupak says after this long ordeal in congress over the last couple of weeks, he's hoping to finally return home to Menominee this weekend.
