A package labeled "Anne Thrax" was sounded at the Waters office in Los Angeles

"Let's make sure we appear where we need to be, and if you see someone from this office in a restaurant, in a department store, in a gas station, you go out and you create a crowd. And you tell them that they are no longer welcome, no matter where, we need to put the kids in touch with their parents, "said Waters, responding to the frustration created by the policies of parents. Trump administration immigration that had led to the separation of children undocumented migrant families at the border.

Following his comments, Waters said that she had received increased threats. 19659006] In June, the Democratic congressman canceled two events after receiving threatening messages and "hostile mail" to his office.

"As the president continued to lie and falsely claim that I was encouraging people to attack her by tisans, while offering a veiled threat that I should "pay attention", even more people leave threatening messages and send hostile emails "There was a very serious death threat made Monday against an individual in Texas, which explains why my scheduled commitments in Texas and Alabama were canceled this weekend, "she said. the statement continued. "This is only one of the very serious threats being investigated by the US Capitol Police, where individuals have threatened to shoot, lynch or cause me serious injury."

Waters representatives in Washington did not immediately respond to comment on the incident

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