GOP rep shares threatening voicemail after infrastructure vote

Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) revealed on Monday that he received a threatening voicemail just days after voting for the bipartisan infrastructure bill.

During an appearance on CNN’s “AC360,” Upton told Anderson Cooper that a person called him and left a message saying “I hope you die,” according to CNN.

“I hope everybody in your f—ing family dies,” the caller reportedly added, saying the Republican lawmaker was a “f—ing piece of shit traitor.”

Upton voted alongside 12 other members of his party and House Democrats last Friday in favor of the $1.2 trillion infrastructure package. Under the legislation, Americans will see investments into the country’s infrastructure, including waterways, roads, bridges, airports, railroad and mass transit.

After the vote, Upon said in a tweet that he was disappointed that the bill had become “a political football.”

“Our country can’t afford this partisan dysfunction any longer,” he wrote.

I regret that this good, bipartisan bill became a political football in recent weeks. Our country can’t afford this partisan dysfunction any longer. #MI06 #Infrastructure

— Rep. Fred Upton (@RepFredUpton) November 6, 2021

On Monday, Upton reiterated that point to Cooper, saying that the voicemail he received further indicated how “we have seen civility really downslide here,” according to CNN.

— Updated at 7:53 a.m.