‘Credible threat’: Rachel Maddow breaks down attack on Travis County Democratic headquarters – By Katie Friel (Houston Chronicle) / Sept 30 2021
The Molotov cocktail thrown inside the headquarters of the Travis County Democratic Party in Austin ignited a small fire.
In the early morning hours of September 29, a male suspect threw a crudely made Molotov cocktail into the headquarters of the Travis County Democratic Party in East Austin, igniting a small fire. Along with the incendiary device was a still-unreleased note, described as threatening and political in nature.
Immediately denounced as an act of terror by TCDP and some local politicians, it is also being treated as a “credible threat” by the FBI, according to the Rachel Maddow Show. Hours after the fire at the TCDP headquarters, a person matching the suspect appeared on surveillance footage vandalizing a downtown Austin building that houses the Travis County Attorney’s Office.
“Now, we can tell you tonight that the party has been told the FBI is treating this as a credible threat. We can also tell you this attack was accompanied by a written threat to Texas Democrats,” the MSNBC host said during her Wednesday broadcast.
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