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April 18, 2012

Secret Service Investigates Ted Nugent for Obama Threats 
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The Secret Service is investigating the musician Ted Nugent for making
potentially threatening comments about President Obama. Speaking at the
annual National Rifle Association meeting last weekend, Nugent said: "If
Barack Obama becomes the president in November, again, I will be either
be dead or in jail by this time next year. ... We need to ride into that
battlefield and chop their heads off in November. Any questions?" He
added: "It isn't the enemy that ruined America. It's good people who
bent over and let the enemy in. If the coyote's in your living room
pissing on your couch, it's not the coyote's fault. It's your fault for
not shooting him." Democrats have called on Republican frontrunner Mitt
Romney to denounce Nugent's comments after Romney's appearance at the
same conference.

 

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