Man Arrested For Threatening To Murder Republican Rep. Scott Taylor

What psycho.

Authorities recently arrested a Virginia Beach man after he threatened to shoot Republican Rep. Scott Taylor and two of his staffers.

UPDATE: A man has been charged with threatening to shoot Rep. @Scotttaylorva and two staffers. pic.twitter.com/P8JCuJ0ZuG

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) March 23, 2018

The man, Wallace Grove Godwin, 69, showed up at Taylor’s office Thursday. There was some sort of verbal disagreement (I hear it was over marijuana policy), and that’s when Godwin made the threat.

“Scott is having an event this Saturday. I am going to get my shotgun and do something about this. I will just handle this myself,” Godwin allegedly said to a Taylor staffer. He then pointed to two staffers in the room and said, “You two are next,” authorities said.

Gowdin is expected to appear in a federal courthouse in Norfolk, Va. on Friday afternoon. The maximum penalty for threatening a member of Congress is 10 years in prison.

Good. Let him rot in prison. It’s NOT OK to threaten someone like that, especially in this current political climate. Rep. Steve Scalise was shot by a maniac. This stuff happens. I don’t care if you didn’t “mean” it. I question the sanity of anyone who would even THINK it’s appropriate to say something like that.

I used to intern at Rep. Ron DeSantis’ office. I’m telling you right now, I’d be AFRAID to work in a district office these days. You never know if a psycho is going to barge in and wreak havoc. It was always a thought in the back of my mind, but the world is so much worse now. I’d be even MORE paranoid.

Anyway, it sounds like this man has a history of acting out.

According to the Capitol Police officer who handled the arrest, Godwin — who holds a legal concealed carry permit — had a previous run-in with Taylor at Taylor’s private residence. According to the officer, in 2017 Godwin “blocked the Congressman’s vehicle with his own vehicle, and waited for the Congressman to come outside.”

Great. That’s ALL we need– some idiot like Godwin making law-abiding gun owners look like irrational beasts.

“The Congressman left his residence and told GODWIN to move his vehicle. GODWIN then exited the vehicle to speak to the Congressman about marijuana policy,” according to the officer’s affidavit. “The Congressman told GODWIN to leave and GODWIN left the residence without further incident.”

Gowdin was also reported to the Capitol Police in March 2017 after visiting Taylor’s Virginia Beach office and berating staff.

Federal court records show that Godwin last year sued the federal government for “non-enforcement” of marijuana laws.

The dude is obsessed with marijuana policy. Weird– I thought pot heads were chill.

A Wally Godwin from Virginia Beach (location of alleged threatened assault on pro-legalization Congressman Scott Taylor) used Facebook to urge President Trump to "just enforce the Law on Marijuana” and said, "Marijuana and Social Media is the biggest problem of USA." pic.twitter.com/vWcoNUwJUa

— Tom Angell 🌳📰 (@tomangell) March 23, 2018

What a psycho. I’m glad they arrested him.

h/t Politico