Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene 'Swatted' Twice In Two Days
Police responded twice to fake 911 calls at the address of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., over the course of two days as of Thursday morning.
Greene announced on Twitter that she had been "swatted again last night" at her home in Rome, Georgia, where police responded to false threats before she assured them the calls were fake. "Swatting" refers to a false report that requires a large emergency or "SWAT" team response.
Thursday's call came via a suicide hotline at 2:53 a.m. ET.
The male caller claimed that he was "possibly shooting his family members and then himself" after coming out as "transgender," according to a report from the Rome Police Department.
The first call was made around 1 a.m. Wednesday from a person who claimed that a man had been shot in a bathtub at Greene's house.
"Not only did they put my life and my family's life in danger, they also put the police officers' lives in danger," Greene said following the first swatting.
The first swatter called 911 to admit what they had done. "They explained they were upset about Ms. Greene's stance on transgender youth rights, and stated they were trying to 'swat' her," police explained.
Greene recently stated her stance against minors engaging in gender-changing hormone therapy, also called "gender-affirming care."
"When it comes to 'gender-affirming care,' which is really child abuse, this is actually an assault and it's child abuse," Greene said during a recent appearance on Fox News.
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