## Hear the death threats Republican senator received about Trump

### Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., his staff and family have been the target of harassment and death threats, according to a memo released by his office on Thursday afternoon.

Voicemails shared by Tillis' team, which were filled with profanity and fueled by discontent with , reveal a frightening new reality. The senator's senior advisor, Daniel Keylin, said "the volume of threats and harassment directed at members of Congress and their staff is the new normal."

"Yeah, Thom Tillis, afraid of death threats? Then get the f--- out of office," .

Keylin said Tillis' office in Greenville, North Carolina,  postmarked in Greensboro last month calling his staff members "sacrificial lambs" and insisting they "signed up to be his shield." The anonymous writer, while reiterating "in no way is this a threat," said people are going to start "coming in filled with rage."





The voicemails released by Tillis' office express outrage over Trump's policies and include violent threats to Tillis and his staff.

"You are not going to destroy my country," one woman said. Another caller told Tillis he is "not one of the good guys anymore" and said to "get the f--- out of government."



"We will not make any apologies for prioritizing the safety and security of our staff," Keylin said.

The memo outlines two more instances in which the North Carolina senator was subject to death threats.

"Senator Tillis, his staff, and even his family have long been subject to threats, harassment, attempted intimidation, and verbal abuse from unstable individuals who don’t agree with his political view," Keylin said.

A U.S. citizen living abroad was arrested for threatening to kill Tillis and cut off the hands of his staffers in 2023, and a Minnesota man was indicted in 2022 for threatening to kill Tillis, the memo confirmed.



Protests have shut down town halls and disrupted local legislative offices in the past two months, and Republicans have opted for tele-town halls instead of in-person town halls as a result. Democrats have accused Republicans of ignoring their constituents' concerns by avoiding in-person town halls.



MoveOn.org, which has accepted millions of dollars from billionaire  and his Open Society Policy Center, announced in a  last month that it was mobilizing resources as part of a "Congress Works for Us, Not Musk" initiative "aimed at pressuring lawmakers to fight back against the Trump-Musk agenda." The group planned protests at congressional-led town halls and congressional offices.

_Fox News Digital's Julia Johnson and Andrew Mark Miller contributed to this report._
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