Published: Sunday, August 23, 2009
Rep. Brian Baird shares details on threat to his life
VANCOUVER, Wash. — Rep. Brian Baird, D-Wash., has reported a death threat.
Baird’s district director, Kelly Love, says someone left a phone message at Baird’s office in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 10, saying, “You think Timothy McVeigh was bad, there is a Ryder truck out there with your name on it.”
Baird alluded to it Wednesday in a Rotary Club appearance in Vancouver, Wash., discussing his initial reluctance to hold town hall meetings on health care legislation. Baird said, “If there is a Ryder truck parked out front, it has my name on it.”
Clark County Republican Chairman Ryan Hart criticized Baird for invoking the deadly Oklahoma City bombing of 1995. Baird then described the threat in more detail, saying he was surprised the GOP would criticize him rather than whoever made the threat.
Baird’s district director, Kelly Love, says someone left a phone message at Baird’s office in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 10, saying, “You think Timothy McVeigh was bad, there is a Ryder truck out there with your name on it.”
Baird alluded to it Wednesday in a Rotary Club appearance in Vancouver, Wash., discussing his initial reluctance to hold town hall meetings on health care legislation. Baird said, “If there is a Ryder truck parked out front, it has my name on it.”
Clark County Republican Chairman Ryan Hart criticized Baird for invoking the deadly Oklahoma City bombing of 1995. Baird then described the threat in more detail, saying he was surprised the GOP would criticize him rather than whoever made the threat.
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