‘We Will Fucking Kill You:’ Gay Lawmaker Targeted With Bomb Threat, Called ‘Groomer’

Dec 7 2022 by VICE News

A California legislator who’s outspokenly opposed to nationwide attempts to roll back LGBTQ rights was targeted with a bomb threat that prompted police to search his home Tuesday.

California Sen. Scott Wiener, a gay state lawmaker from San Francisco, said Tuesday that the threat referred to him as a pedophile and a “groomer,” a word used by figures on the right to falsely accuse LGBTQ people and their allies of convincing minors that they’re gay in order to abuse them. Wiener also

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