Law enforcement wouldn't say whether that context, as well as this week's threat, calls for heightened security for the state senator.
Officials are mum about any changes to California state Sen. Scott Wiener’s security after the San Francisco legislator was subject to a bomb threat earlier this week that echoed the homophobic rhetoric of far-right leaders who recently criticized him.
Police said a bomb threat — which said “we will f—ing kill you” and called Wiener a “pedophile” and a “groomer” — sent to the San Francisco Standard on Tuesday “did not have any merit.” Last month, U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene called Wiener a “communist groomer” and made multiple false claims about his support for gender-affirming care for children. Days later, conservative activist and YouTuber Charlie Kirk falsely claimed that Wiener supported “freeing pedophiles” by mischaracterizing a bill he authored.
Next month marks the anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021 U.S. Capitol insurrection, and threats against lawmakers have remained a concern since thousands of then-President Donald Trump’s followers stormed the building in an effort to halt the certification of President Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory.
Wiener’s religious identity and sexual orientation place him within the groups that officials say are under increasing threat, and he has also been mentioned as a possible successor to Pelosi were she to retire from Congress.
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