A Utah man who was allegedly driving at speeds of over 130 mph told police he was high on LSD and planned to kill former Sen. Claire McCaskill, according to court documents.
Missouri police arrested 36-year-old George William Stahl, who was allegedly recklessly driving during a snowstorm and later told officers he wanted to kill McCaskill “if she wasn’t dead already.”
“He smelled of an alcoholic beverage and his eyes were glassy and bloodshot,” stated the affidavit. “Stahl stated that he was on Adderall and LSD and beer.”
Authorities are investigating Stahl on charges related to terroristic threats, reckless driving, failure to stop, speeding, operating while under the influence, and drug possession.
McCaskill told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that threats of political violence are nothing new.
“Obviously, this is not the first time there have been threats, and that is never good. But the political temperature is very high right now, which makes it concerning,” McCaskill said.
McCaskill, a Democrat who was first elected to the Senate in 2006 and lost reelection in 2019 to Republican Josh Hawley, is a contributor at MSNBC.
