Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene plans to introduce legislation that would make it easier for authorities to arrest and prosecute people accused of swatting after several Republican lawmakers have been targeted in recent days.
Swatting is a term used to refer to someone making a false report of a crime at a person’s address with the goal of prompting an armed police response at somebody’s home. According to the National 911 program, “swatters” typically use techniques including caller ID spoofing, TTY relay technologies or social engineering to compel an often “substantial” police response.
Greene, a Georgia Republican, and other politicians have been subject to several swatting incidents in recent days. Greene was swatted on Christmas with her family at her home, she wrote in a post to X, formerly Twitter, adding it was the eighth time she has been targeted.
She now plans to introduce legislation aimed at strengthening law enforcement responses to swatting, she wrote on X Wednesday evening, without providing specifics about what the bill would do.
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