Congresswoman Chrissy Houlahan says ‘worrisome’ calls and threats continue

Rep. Chrissy Houlahan said her office has continued to receive threats in the wake of a video she released with colleagues urging military members to refuse unlawful orders. 

“I think that our posture right now is to be, remain attentive,” Houlahan said in an interview with NBC10 airing on NBC10 @issue on Sunday. “We certainly do continue to get calls that are worrisome and threats and we do have protection, but I will also say that we get an enormous amount of calls still that are enormously positive.” 

President Trump labeled the lawmakers “traitors” and their actions seditious, at one point posting online: “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!” He later said he wasn’t threatening death but thinks they are in serious trouble.

Houlahan’s office previously reported getting a bomb threat at her West Chester office in late November. The Congresswoman, a Democrat serving her fourth term in the House, said the threats have not changed the way she does her job.

Houlahan, an Air Force veteran, is among six lawmakers with military and intelligence experience who appeared in a video directed at military members. 

“We did this video to remind men and women in uniform that we had their backs, that we had their experience and we wanted to make sure that they knew that it was not just OK but required of them not to follow any order that was unlawful,” Houlahan said. 

Last week, Houlahan and the other lawmakers said the FBI had requested interviews with them. Houlahan told NBC10 she has not spoken directly to the FBI. Asked whether she plans to do so, she said she didn’t know “how this will all unfold.”

You can watch NBC 10 @issue Sunday morning at 11:30am on NBC 10. You can see the full interview with Rep. Houlahan in a new episode of Battleground Politics with Lauren Mayk.