Bill Clark | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Five police officers showed up at the home of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green overnight after an alleged opponent of her stance on transgender rights made a false 911 call, authorities in Georgia said Wednesday. The “swatting” call falsely claimed a man had been shot multiple times in a bathtub at a residence in Rome, Georgia, the city’s police department said in a report shared with CNBC. The Rome Police Department at 1:04 a.m. ET dispatched five officers, who were told en route that they were headed to Green’s home, the report said. They rang the doorbell and were met by the Republican congresswoman, who “assured us there was no problem,” the report said. A spokeswoman for the department told CNBC that officers searched Green’s home. The department then received a second call from a suspect using a computer-generated voice who claimed responsibility for the incident. The suspect “explained that they were upset about Ms. Green’s stance on ‘transgender youth rights’ and stated that they were trying to ‘SWAT’ her,” the police report said. The department said it is working with the U.S. Capitol Police on the investigation, which remains active. Capitol Police declined CNBC’s request for comment.
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Read more about CNBC’s political coverage: Green, a far-right lawmaker backed by former President Donald Trump, had introduced a bill in Congress last week that would make it a felony to provide gender-affirming care to transgender minors. “At this time, Congresswoman Green’s safety is our number one concern,” Green’s spokesman Nick Dyer said in a statement to CNBC. Dyer called Green a “victim of a political attack on her family and home” and also described it as a “violent crime,” though no violence was reported. Green first reported being recorded in a tweet earlier Wednesday morning.
