Lawmakers Face Rising Safety Threats as Congress Adjourns for Christmas | EWTN News Nightly

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US lawmakers will soon leave politics aside and return home to enjoy Christmas. Now, they are taking with them a new worry, personal safety. They've increasingly become victims of assaults, carjackings and even bomb threats. Most can remember the brazen attack back in 2011 when then-Arizona Congresswoman Gabby Giffords was shot and nearly killed outside a grocery store. Since then, attacks on lawmakers have skyrocketed, many times happening inside their own districts. Just this week, the chief of police told a congressional panel these attacks are happening at an alarming rate. US Capitol Police Chief Thomas Manger says, "Threats have quadrupled from just a few years ago. And the strategies that some of these folks who want to do harm are using have escalated." The chief adds lawmakers are being targeted at their homes. Capitol Hill Correspondent Erik Rosales reports. ------------ EWTN News Nightly provides the latest news and analysis from a Catholic perspective. Join host Tracy Sabol, our Capitol Hill, White House and Rome Correspondents, as well as many other diverse guests daily, to get the latest from the U.S. and the Vatican on topics regarding our Catholic faith and interests. ------------- EWTN News Nightly airs on EWTN weekdays at 6pm & 9pm ET. ------------ Don't miss an episode of EWTN New Nightly. Get updates here: https://www.ewtn.com/tv/shows/ewtn-news-nightly ------------- Sign up today to receive the EWTN News Nightly newsletter: https://www.ewtn.com/enn ------------- Follow EWTN News Nightly on Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ewtnnewsnightly Twitter: https://twitter.com/EWTNNewsNightly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ewtnnewsnightly/ ------------- Subscribe to EWTN YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/EWTN ------------- You can support the EWTN News mission: https://bit.ly/3qDR1qf

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