This man was arrested for threatening to kill two US senators who voted to confirm Justice Kavanaugh. Before the right wing media goes nuts with talk of violent leftist extremists, it’s important to see who this man actually is. According to mylife.com, he’s a registered Republican and also a “Christian.”
Ronald Derisi is 74 years old and was born on 5/27/1944. Currently, he lives in Smithtown, NY. His ethnicity is Caucasian, political affiliation is currently a registered Republican; and religious views are listed as Christian.
We can’t tell at this point if he truly had a problem with the judge, he’s just crazy, or if he was trying to create a false narrative that liberals are dangerous. According to news reports, the senators received voicemails where he threatened to shoot them in the head. Not just one voicemail each; he called a total of ten times. The FBI was able to trace his calls to a pre-paid cell phone which was paid for by a debit card in his name. Whatever his motive turns out to be, you can be sure Fox News will pick this story up and try to frame him as another “violent leftist.” As always, knowledge is power.