Union Faces Threats as Mob Mentality Deepens on Right

The raucous event in Tampa last night was hosted by two Democratic policymakers and the Service Employees International Union. The event in St. Louis, which led to six arrests, also had SEIU members in attendance to support reform.

Given the toxic environment, I suppose this was a predictable reaction from the far-right.

An official with SEIU, which has been sending members to town halls to counterbalance the Tea Party brigade, sends over this audio of a phone call the union received on its central voicemail system, threatening to teach union officials a thing or two about "the Second Amendment."

The call seems to refer to reports today to scuffles in St. Louis between SEIU members and town hall rowdies.

"I suggest you tell your people to calm down, act like American citizens, and stop trying to repress people's First Amendment rights," the caller says. "That, or y'all are gonna come up against the Second Amendment."

You stay classy, conservative activists.

In fact, SEIU seems to have quickly become the new focus of far-right activists.