GOP lawmaker now reports threat over healthcare stance

U.S. Capitol Police are investigating a threatening voicemail left in the office of Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-Ohio), her chief of staff said Thursday.

Schmidt's office was left a voicemail late Wednesday night in what appears to be the first instance of a Republican lawmaker being targeted for their healthcare vote.

The voicemail features a caller who talks of wishing the congresswoman had broken her back in a 2008, according to a recording send to the media by Schmidt's chief of staff, Barry Bennett.

The voicemail makes reference to Schmidt, as well as Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and House GOP Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio), calling them and the Republican Party racist.

The voicemail specifically references a 2008 incident when Schmidt was hit by a car while jogging, due to which she suffered broken ribs and a broken vertebrae.

The caller also threatens using a gun to assault Tea Party members had spat on the caller, as Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) said that anti-health reform protesters had done to him during weekend protests on Capitol Hill.

The threat is under investigation by Capitol Police, according to Bennett.

At least 10 Democratic lawmakers, according to House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), had reported receiving threats for voting to advance a healthcare bill on Sunday, which was signed into law on Tuesday by President Barack Obama.

Capitol Police had briefed Democrats, but Republican leaders had said Wednesday they weren't aware of any similar briefing planned for Republicans.

Update, 12:32 p.m.: House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) said during a press conference on Capitol Hill this afternoon that his Richmond office had a bullet shot through its window on Wednesday night.

Find a transcript of the call left in Schmidt's office, which contains extremely strong language, after the jump.

Yes, uh. Yeah, I'm glad, uh. the president passed healthcare, yeah. Funky-ass, racist-ass Republicans hate that, don't you? Jean [sic] Smith, when you got hit by that car or when you fell or whatever, you should've broke your back, b***h. You, and Boehner motherf***er, that Mitch McConnell -- all you racist f***ing Republicans. Why don't you just change y'all's party name to "racist"? 'Cause if one of those little f***ing Teabaggers would've spit on me, I would have socked them in the f***ing face with my f***ing .09 mm. F*** all you racist motherf***ers.