Eric Cantor blames Democrats for 'fanning flames' on threats

"People should not fear their government. Government should fear their people."

From POLITICO:

House Minority Whip Eric Cantor blamed top Democrats for "fanning the flames" regarding threats to members of Congress — and says his office in Richmond was shot at earlier this week.

Cantor, a Virginia Republican, said the heads of the Democratic National Committee and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee are using allegations of harassment and threats to Democrats nationwide for political purposes.

Cantor said he doesn't release information about the incidents of threats against himself to the media because it would only ratchet up violence. But he did say a bullet shot through the window in his campaign office in Richmond on Monday evening, and he has received threats because he is Jewish.

According to a statement by the Richmond Police department, the bullet struck the window in a "downward direction" and broke the window, but did not penetrate the window blinds – suggesting that it was not a point blank shot at Cantor's office window.

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