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Lawmakers receive death threats after baseball shooting

By Matthew Trunko, Leah DePiero
Published June 14, 2017 8:27pm ET
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Lawmakers receive death threats after baseball shooting
"Our office receives threats like these regularly." (AP Photo/Mike Groll) | Mike Groll

Multiple members of Congress said they received threatening emails and calls on Wednesday, including an email to one New York congresswoman that warned, “one down, 216 to go” after a shooting at a baseball practice that targeted Republican lawmakers.

The Washington Examiner confirmed Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., received the email sometime following the shooting Wednesday morning.

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