Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Wis., has a message for the “anonymous” person who made a “credible threat” against his family: “You will not intimidate me.”
Still, the Wisconsin Republican says the specificity of the latest threat against his wife, children, and grandchildren forced him to cancel an online town hall session last week and miss several votes as he rushed back to his southwest Wisconsin home to make sure his loved ones were safe.
Van Orden said the letter, sent to his Washington, D.C. office, was immediately reported to the appropriate authorities. The lawmaker’s congressional colleague, Rep. Bryan Steil, a Republican who represents Wisconsin’s 1st Congressional District and chairs the powerful House Administration committee, told The Federalist that Capitol security is investigating.
So is the FBI, Van Orden told me late last week on the Vicki McKenna Show in Milwaukee.
