Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., is pledging to battle for harsher penalties for individuals who falsely name emergency companies to somebody’s residence or one other particular location, a prank often called “swatting.”
Greene, who has been a sufferer of the transfer a number of occasions herself, introduced on X {that a} relative of hers had been swatted on Wednesday evening.
“The dangerous swatting harassment continues, as tonight, one of my family members was swatted at their house,” she wrote.
“I will be introducing legislation to make it much easier for law enforcement to arrest and prosecutors to prosecute these criminals.”
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Hours later, Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., introduced Thursday morning that his residence had been swatted. Scott mentioned he and his spouse weren’t residence on the time.
“Last night, while at dinner with my wife, cowards ‘swatted’ my home in Naples. These criminals wasted the time & resources of our law enforcement in a sick attempt to terrorize my family,” Scott wrote on X.
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It’s the newest in a latest spate of incidents focusing on Republican politicians.
Both Greene and Rep. Brandon Williams, R-N.Y., mentioned they have been swatted on Christmas Day.
“Our home was swatted this afternoon. Thanks to the Deputies and Troopers who contacted me before arriving. They left with homemade cookies and spiced nuts! Merry Christmas everyone!” Williams wrote.
Greene wrote on the platform, “I was just swatted. This is like the 8th time. On Christmas with my family here.”
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“My local police are the GREATEST and shouldn’t have to deal with this. I appreciate them so much and my family and I are in joyous spirits celebrating the birth of our savior Jesus Christ!” she added.
Scott’s workplace declined to touch upon Greene’s legislative proposal. Fox News Digital additionally reached out to Williams’ workplace about Greene’s plan to introduce a invoice to crack down on swatting.
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Swatting, which is illegitimate, is used to focus on particular people or places. A caller studies a false incident, similar to a house killing or bomb risk, to emergency dispatchers with the aim of getting armed officers on excessive alert to reply.
It’s additionally a follow that’s grown extra frequent as info similar to folks’s personal residence addresses turns into simpler to acquire on social media.