{"id":690041,"date":"2026-10-21T00:55:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T00:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=690041"},"modified":"2026-10-21T00:55:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T00:55:00","slug":"big-tent-backfires-dem-rep-claims-dsa-sent-her-white-powder-and-warned-of-impending-civil-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=690041","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Big Tent&#8221; Backfires: Dem Rep Claims DSA Sent Her White Powder And Warned Of Impending &#8220;Civil War&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">&#8220;Big Tent&#8221; Backfires: Dem Rep Claims DSA Sent Her White Powder And Warned Of Impending &#8220;Civil War&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>U.S. Rep. Hillary Scholten (D-Grand Rapids) is getting a taste of what happens when her &#8220;big tent&#8221; party fails to curb far-left extremism within its own ranks and is consumed by Marxist revolutionaries from the Democratic Socialists of America.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what\u00a0Scholten claims:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Today, I received a threatening letter at my Grand Rapids, Michigan office that <strong>contained unidentified white powder<\/strong>. The letter, which claimed to be from the <strong>Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), made a direct and specific reference to an impending &#8220;civil war&#8221; beginning after the election<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The letter sent to my office is similar to those received at other congressional offices across the country. The DSA has not yet addressed the attacks, either to condemn them or to take or deny responsibility. The Grand Rapids Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) responded immediately.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Threats and extremism are not signs of strength<\/strong>\u2014they are signs of a weak mind and weak character. Political intimidation has no place in our democracy, and leaders must condemn it, not excuse it. I&#8217;ll keep standing up to bullies on the right and the left.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">Today, I received a threatening letter at my Grand Rapids, Michigan office that contained unidentified white powder. The letter, which claimed to be from the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), made a direct and specific reference to an impending \u201ccivil war\u201d beginning after the election. The letter sent to my office is similar to those received at other congressional offices across the country. The DSA has not yet addressed the attacks, either to condemn them or to take or deny responsibility. The Grand Rapids Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) responded immediately. Threats and extremism are not signs of strength\u2014they are signs of a weak mind and weak character. Political intimidation has no place in our democracy, and leaders must condemn it, not excuse it. I\u2019ll keep standing up to bullies on the right and the left.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Congresswoman Hillary Scholten (@RepScholten) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepScholten\/status\/2111230626921615634?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 16, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>X users responded to Scholten&#8217;s revelation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>When you refuse to endorse a Memeber of the Muslim Brotherhood for senate, you will be the target for violence. Welcome to your party<\/strong>.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">When you refuse to endorse a Memeber of the Muslim Brotherhood for senate, you will be the target for violence. Welcome to your party.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Patty Girl X\u2019d \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\u2618\ufe0f (@PerspicaciousXY) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PerspicaciousXY\/status\/2111469732025020888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 17, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>The DSA are violent terrorists so this shouldn&#8217;t come as a surprise. \u00a0But this is the Democrat base at this point<\/strong>.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">The DSA are violent terrorists so this shouldn\u2019t come as a surprise. But this is the Democrat base at this point.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 captive dreamer (@captive_dreamer) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/captive_dreamer\/status\/2111282661075599490?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 17, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>The Democrat party of JFK is dead and has been taken over by Communists and Jihadists who seek to destroy our Republic. \u00a0Continuing to identify with the Democrats means you are supportive of the party agenda. Time to decide where you stand<\/strong>.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">The Democrat party of JFK is dead and has been taken over by Communists and Jihadists who seek to destroy our Republic. Continuing to identify with the Democrats means you are supportive of the party agenda.<br \/>\nTime to decide where you stand.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud83c\udf4aONLY LEGAL VOTES COUNT\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@Elisa_freedom) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Elisa_freedom\/status\/2111417427321856508?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 17, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>Your party created DSA. Your monster has started to turn on you<\/strong>.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">Your party created DSA. Your monster has started to turn on you<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Senator Beauregard Claghorn (@SenBeauClaghorn) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenBeauClaghorn\/status\/2111280545426514351?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 17, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/dem-big-tent-party-doomed\">Democratic Party&#8217;s &#8220;big tent&#8221; messaging<\/a> in the latter parts of teh summer\u00a0appears designed to prevent a civil war before the midterms.\u00a0After the election, that truce\u00a0could quickly unravel as\u00a0establishment leaders try to reassert control over their party while DSA radicals push for more power.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>      <span class=\"field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden\"><a title=\"View user profile.\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/users\/tyler-durden\" lang=\"\" class=\"username\" xml:lang=\"\">Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden\">Tue, 10\/20\/2026 &#8211; 20:55<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Big Tent&#8221; Backfires: Dem Rep Claims DSA Sent Her White Powder And Warned Of Impending &#8220;Civil War&#8221; U.S. Rep. Hillary Scholten (D-Grand Rapids) is getting a taste of what happens when her &#8220;big tent&#8221; party fails to curb far-left extremism within its own ranks and is consumed by Marxist revolutionaries from the Democratic Socialists of&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=690041\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;Big Tent&#8221; Backfires: Dem Rep Claims DSA Sent Her White Powder And Warned Of Impending &#8220;Civil War&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,22,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-690041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-border-security","category-immigration","category-immigration-reform","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=690041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690041\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=690041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=690041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=690041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}