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Frederica Wilson to return to Congress after security concerns

By Gabby Morrongiello
Published October 28, 2017 5:39pm ET
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Frederica Wilson to return to Congress after security concerns
U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson, D-Miami Gardens, center, attends the burial service of Sgt. La David Johnson at Fred Hunter's Hollywood Memorial Gardens in Hollywood, Fla., on Saturday, Oct. 21, 2017. Mourners remembered not only a U.S. soldier whose combat death in Africa led to a political fight between President Donald Trump and the Florida congresswoman but his three comrades who died with him. (Matias J. Ocner/Miami Herald via AP) | Matias J. Ocner

Democratic Rep. Frederica Wilson will return to Washington next week after facing security threats linked to her criticism of President Trump’s remarks to the wife of a fallen U.S. soldier.

“Congresswoman Wilson spent this week in the district because of concerns about her safety in the aftermath of the feud that President Trump started with her,” a spokesperson for the Florida Democrat told NBC News.

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