Paul said in a statement that it is “reprehensible that Twitter allows C-list celebrities to encourage violence” against him and his family after Marx had tweeted Sunday that he’d congratulate the Kentucky senator’s neighbor who broke his ribs in a 2017 incident.
The Kentucky senator blamed pop singer Richard Marx for inciting violence against him after a package filled with white powder was sent to Paul’s home on Monday.
Marx, known for his songs “Don’t Mean Nothing” and “Right Here Waiting,” had tweeted, “If I ever meet Rand Paul’s neighbor I’m going to hug him and buy him as many drinks as he can consume.”
The FBI is investigating whether the powder sent to Paul’s home contains harmful substances.
Marx countered Paul’s accusation by tweeting that the Kentucky senator had put his colleagues at risk by contracting COVID-19 by acting irresponsibly.
On the outside of the envelope was a picture of a bruised and bandaged Paul with a gun to his head and a threat printed beneath it: “I’ll finish what your neighbor started you motherf——“
Initial tests showed the substance inside the envelope was harmless, U.S. Capitol Police told Fox News.
Paul in 2017 was assaulted by his neighbor, Rene Boucher, while doing yard work. Boucher badly injured the senator, breaking five of his ribs. and eventually pleaded guilty to assaulting a member of Congress.
“I take these threats immensely seriously,” Paul wrote in a statement Monday. “I have been targeted multiple times now, it is reprehensible that Twitter allows C-list celebrities to advocated for violence against me and my family. This must stop. Just this weekend Richard Marx called for violence against me and now we receive this despicable powder filled letter.”
Marx, an American singer, tweeted Sunday: “I’ll say it again: If I ever meet Rand Paul’s neighbor I’m going to hug him and buy him as many drinks as he can consume.”
Paul had another close call as he and his wife Kelley were surrounded by a mob as they tried to make it back to their hotel following Donald Trump’s Republican National Convention acceptance speech at the White House.
