WAPO: Rep. Frederica Wilson not in Washington as she faces ‘racist and rude’ threats
The Florida lawmaker is hardly the first elected official to face threats this year.
To stand up to Donald Trump means this. To be African-America in the United States today invites this. And it receives tacit approval from the White House. Frederica Wilson, the Florida congresswoman, has been too afraid to return to Washington. She now has a security detail in Miami. A 74-year-old woman has been threatened with her life because she dared question Trump.
