{"id":6410,"date":"2022-11-05T11:27:17","date_gmt":"2022-11-05T11:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/?p=6410"},"modified":"2022-11-05T11:27:24","modified_gmt":"2022-11-05T11:27:24","slug":"violent-left-man-arrested-for-threatening-to-kill-republican-media-mostly-silent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/?p=6410","title":{"rendered":"Violent Left! Man Arrested For Threatening To Kill Republican- Media Mostly Silent"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

From the Chicago Sun-Times:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Illinois State Police say Scott Lennox left Republican Darren Bailey a voicemail threatening to \u201cmutilate and kill\u201d him. \u201cThis went above and beyond anything that is acceptable, even in the realms of political discourse,\u201d Cook County Circuit Court Judge Susana Ortiz said. \u201cIt simply will not be tolerated.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prosecutors say anger over a political television commercial at a bar led a Chicago man to send Republican gubernatorial nominee Darren Bailey a voicemail threatening to mutilate and kill him and his family \u2014 a threat that also prompted a lockdown of downstate schools associated with the state senator and his family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bail was set at $75,000 for Scott Lennox, 21, of 3300 N. Lake Shore Drive, who is charged with one felony count each of threatening a public official, telephone harassment and harassment by electronic communications, according to the Cook County State\u2019s Attorney\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cook County Circuit Court Judge Susana Ortiz on Wednesday also put Lennox on electronic monitoring and barred him from contacting Bailey, his family or any of his staffers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis went above and beyond anything that is acceptable, even in the realms of political discourse,\u201d Ortiz said at the hearing. \u201cIt simply will not be tolerated.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The violent voicemail came last Friday, the same day Paul Pelosi, the husband of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was attacked with a hammer in his San Francisco townhome by an intruder targeting the speaker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And according to Capitol Police data, cases related to \u201cconcerning statements and threats\u201d against members of Congress more than doubled over the past few years, jumping from 3,939 in 2017 to 9,625 in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The voicemail threat to Bailey followed a fight Lennox had at a Chicago bar after a political commercial appeared on the bar\u2019s television. The ad \u2014 and repeated others he had seen during the campaign \u2014 made Lennox \u201cangry,\u201d prosecutors said, and a \u201cheated argument\u201d began between Lennox and his friends, leading him to send a voicemail to Bailey\u2019s Springfield office, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to skin Darren Bailey alive, making sure he is still alive, and I\u2019m going to feed his f\u2014\u2014\u2014 family to him as he is alive and screaming in f\u2014\u2014\u2014 pain,\u201d prosecutors say Lennox said in the voicemail. He also allegedly made statements about abortion in his message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He further said, \u201cHe is a piece of white a\u2014 racist s\u2014-, and honestly if he doesn\u2019t kill himself, I will. You know what? I know where he lives. I know where he sleeps. I know where his kids sleep. And I know the f\u2014\u2014\u2014 school he works at,\u201d prosecutors allege he said. Lennox also said \u201cthe candidate teaching all this mother f\u2014\u2014\u2014 misinformation is going to die. So honestly he should just kill himself before anything else happens.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lennox also said he didn\u2019t like Gov. J.B. Pritzker but stated he didn\u2019t like Bailey \u201ceven more.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo f\u2014- him for being a piece of s\u2014-,\u201d prosecutors claim Lennox said of Bailey in the voicemail. \u201cSo you know what? I am going to take anything and everything possible. You know what? I am going to make him scream. I am going to make him scream and suffer. Yeah, that\u2019s right. So he better kill himself, and if he doesn\u2019t, I am going to kill him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The schools affiliated with Bailey and his family in southern Illinois were placed on soft lockdown. Bailey also was granted extra security detail and was told to avoid appearing in public as police investigated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Republican Darren Bailey pauses during a news conference in the West Loop in September.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

According to a Chicago police report, Lennox left Bailey the voicemail at 10:27 p.m. Oct. 28. While Illinois Secretary of State Police did not immediately deem him to be a credible threat, further investigation by the Illinois State Police led police to pursue it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In an interview with police, Lennox allegedly allowed officers to see a Snapchat message he sent to friends, including one in which he bragged that he was a \u201cpolitical terrorist.\u201d After telling a friend Bailey was on lockdown, he offered up three laughing face emojis, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To another friend, Lennox wrote, \u201cI feel so f\u2014\u2014\u2014 accomplished,\u201d prosecutors said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Police said Lennox admitted making the threats. He was arrested at 10 p.m. Monday at his Chicago home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bailey on Wednesday said \u201crhetoric\u201d is leading to \u201chatred,\u201d with a subtle reference to Democrats deeming him \u201ctoo extreme\u201d to lead Illinois in ads that have been running since the primary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDivisive, inflammatory, and misleading rhetoric is driving hatred across our state as some attempt to label political opponents as dangerous threats,\u201d the farmer from downstate Xenia said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gov. J.B. Pritzker (left) and GOP rival Darren Bailey prepare to debate on Oct. 18.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhether we agree or disagree on policies, we are all Americans,\u201d Bailey said. \u201cI pray this young man gets the help he needs. We must bring our state together and fight for the safety and prosperity of every Illinoisan.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In their final televised debate,<\/a> Pritzker repeatedly called Bailey an \u201cextremist\u201d who was \u201cdangerous\u201d for the state and \u201cshouldn\u2019t be let anywhere near the governor\u2019s office.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Bailey used similar language that night against Pritzker, dubbing the Democratic governor\u2019s \u201cwoke ideology\u201d as \u201cextreme,\u201d saying \u201chis gender issues are so extreme\u201d and his \u201cextreme policies are destroying the city,\u201d and telling Pritzker, \u201cyour incompetent and arrogant leadership is killing people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But on Wednesday, Pritzker joined Bailey in denouncing the threat<\/a> against his Republican opponent, tweeting that \u201cthe violent rhetoric and division we\u2019re seeing across the country is unacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHatred in any form has no home in Illinois,\u201d Pritzker tweeted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Illinois House Speaker Emanuel \u201cChris\u201d Welch<\/a>,<\/a> state Senate President Don Harmon and state Comptroller Susana Mendoza<\/a> also denounced the violent threat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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