Rep. Jared Moskowitz of Florida said Friday that police notified him this week about an arrest in connection with a “potential threat on my life” in his district, which covers parts of Broward and Palm Beach counties.
Moskowitz, a Democrat, said in the Friday statement that the Margate Police Department notified him about an alleged “potential plot” on his life on Monday, a day before Tuesday’s general election.
“I am deeply worried about congressional member security and the significant lack thereof when we are in the district,” Moskowitz said.
“Political violence has no place in our country,” Gimenez said in a statement.
In another instance of threatened political violence, President-elect Donald Trump also faced a pair of assassination attempts in July and September.
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