Health Care Reform

Angry Perriello: Boehner's Statement On Threats Was 'Outrageous' (VIDEO)

Justin Elliott | March 25, 2010, 9:58AM

Rep. Tom Perriello (D-VA)

Following the incident in which someone cut a gas line at his brother's home -- whose address had been posted online by tea partiers -- Rep. Tom Perriello (D-VA) says he isn't satisfied with a statement from Minority Leader John Boehner on threats against Democrats.

Boehner's statement said in part, "But, as I've said, violence and threats are unacceptable. That's not the American way. We need to take that anger and channel it into positive change."

Asked about it on CNN this morning, Perriello replied:

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Tom Perriello

FBI Investigating Cut Gas Line At Home Of Dem Rep's Brother

Justin Elliott | March 24, 2010, 12:45PM

Rep. Tom Perriello (D-VA)

After a tea party organizer published the address of the brother of Rep. Tom Perriello (D-VA) in a blog post urging anti-health reform activists to "drop by," someone cut a propane gas line at the house, Politico is reporting.

Now the FBI is investigating what happened at the home near Charlottesville, according to Politico.

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