(Reuters) – U.S. Congressman Jared Moskowitz said on Friday he had been informed by police of a possible plot on his life and that a suspect was arrested not far from the Democrat’s Florida home with a gun and a manifesto that contained anti-Semitic rhetoric.
Moskowitz, who won re-election Tuesday in Florida’s 23rd Congressional District, said in a social media post that a convicted felon wearing a suppressor and body armor had been apprehended by authorities. According to the legislature, a target list was also found on the suspect that only contained Moskowitz’s name.
“I am deeply concerned about the safety of members of Congress and the significant lack thereof while we are in the District,” Moskowitz wrote.
There is growing concern about political violence in the United States.
Newly elected Republican President Donald Trump was injured in an ear in an assassination attempt in Pennsylvania in July. A man was charged with attempted murder in September after allegedly setting up outside one of Trump’s golf courses in Florida with a rifle.
(Reporting by Costas Pitas in Los Angeles; Editing by Will Dunham)
