Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., mentioned she is “heartsick” after studying the police response to a bomb risk at her residence Monday resulted in a deadly site visitors accident.
“I’m sick to my abdomen, however I’m additionally indignant. This could have by no means occurred and I pray it by no means occurs once more,” she wrote on X.
Rome Police Division spokesperson Kelly Madden advised USA TODAY {that a} county bomb squad was deployed to answer the risk at Greene’s residence. An officer referred to as to affix the response was in a automotive accident on his strategy to the station. Whereas the officer was not critically injured, the opposite driver concerned died, Madden mentioned.
Tammie Pickelsimer, 66, was pulling out of a parking zone onto the highway the place the officer was driving in his private automotive, in accordance with the Georgia State Patrol’s preliminary findings. The officer braked and hit her automotive on the motive force’s door space. Pickelsimer was transported to the hospital, the place she handed away as a consequence of her accidents, the GSP mentioned. The crash remains to be below investigation.
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The bomb squad dominated out any potential risks at Greene’s residence and turned over the bomb risk investigation to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Madden mentioned. The FBI Atlanta workplace mentioned it’s investigating and didn’t present additional data.
The e-mail risk was traced to a Russian IP handle, Rome police mentioned.
“These violent political threats have deadly penalties. It’s an undue pressure on our legislation enforcement who should deal with them severely. The officer was responding to guard my life,” Greene mentioned on X. “And now, a lady has misplaced her life due to this despicable act.”
Greene is one in all a number of political figures to have obtained bomb threats and swatting calls over the past a number of weeks. A number of Democratic lawmakers and nominees for President-elect Donald Trump‘s Cupboard obtained violent threats over Thanksgiving week.
Kinsey Crowley is a trending information reporter at USA TODAY. Attain her at kcrowley@gannett.com, and comply with her on X and TikTok @kinseycrowley.
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