Victor Torres gets threatening phone message, blames polarizing legislation
Senate Democratic Leader Lauren Book is calling for colleagues on both sides of the aisle to condemn profanity-laced “threats of violence” on a voicemail message Sen. Victor Torres received at his office earlier this week.
The caller, identifying himself only as a Polk County resident, said Torres should “eat sh** and drop dead you son of a b**ch,” in a 58-second recording that contained 13 words that would not be printed in a family publication, as he ranted against Torres’ vote on gun legislation.
“What we don’t need is a bald-headed, f***ing, sp*c freak like you f***ing trying to take our guns away, trying to track us down here,” the caller said, after explaining he read about Torres’ vot...
