Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia at committee hearing on Capitol Hill on June 24, 2022.
AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says the police were falsely called to her home for the second time in two days.
Greene was first "swatted" in the early hours of Wednesday morning by an unidentified suspect.
Local police said the suspect expressed concern about MTG's stance on transgender youth rights.
Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said on Thursday that she was the subject of a "swatting" at her home in Rome, Georgia, for the second time in two days.
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In a statement shared on Twitter by Fox 5 Atlanta reporter Claire Simms, the Rome Police Department said that officers responded to a call at Greene's home shortly before 3am on Thursday, saying that the call was "received on what appeared to be a suicide crisis line."
"This is an active investigation and no further information can be released at this time," read the release.
On Wednesday, Greene was the victim of the first apparent "swatting" — a form of harassment in which someone calls law enforcement to report a false threat in order to summon armed police to their home. The tactic is highly dangerous, as police may respond with aggressive force and have little way of telling whether or not it's a hoax.
According to the Rome Police Department, officers responded to a call shortly after 1am on Wednesday morning claiming that someone had been "shot multiple times" at Greene's home. Police also said that in a second call, the suspect used a computer-generated voice to say that they were "upset about Mrs. Greene's political view on transgender youth rights."
Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois — generally critical of Greene's far-right politics and her fealty to former President Donald Trump — wrote on Twitter that the suspect in the first incident "should be prosecuted," saying that he was the victim of "swatting" twice in 2012.
Insider has reached out to Greene's office, the Rome Police Department, and the US Capitol Police for comment.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
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