Man Threatens MI Congresswoman Dingell, Family In Voicemail

DEARBORN, MI — Michigan congresswoman Debbie Dingell unveiled a threatening voice mail an unknown man left her during an interview on CNN's State of the Union.

The voice message threatens the lives of her and her family, and said he "hopes her family dies in front of her."

Speaking with CNN's Dana Bash, Dingell said she has been receiving messages like that for years, especially since the death of her husband Representative John Dingell in 2019.

"John was my late husband and it, you know, once you're in that Trump hate tunnel, you kind of don't escape it," Dingell said. "There are a lot of good people out there that are really wonderful to meet, et cetera, but we average several of those [threats] a week."

"My friends look at me and say, 'How can you do this?' "We've got to be careful not to normalize it, but I'm not going to not do my job," she continued. "I’m not going to go out and not be with people. I'm not going to go out and not listen to them. I want the American people to think about what's happening in our country. That this kind of hate, this fear, is happening in communities across the country."

Dingell said she hopes that unveiling the threatening message will help remind people to be kinder to each other.

Dingell appeared on CNN with fellow congressman Fred Upton on Sunday to discuss the current environment in Washington D.C.