Utah DPS recently said there was a “dramatic increase” in threats made mostly toward elected officials since the U.S. Capitol attack in 2021. Some threats involved government employees and most came from social media accounts and other online platforms.
As the 2022 midterm elections approach, Salt Lake County Clerk Sherrie Swensen plans to hire more security to protect her staff.
“It’s been uncomfortable after this general election in November of 2020, I received a couple of somewhat threatening phone calls,” she said. “One of them came in very late on election night and threatened violence ... if Trump didn’t win.” “Personal attacks. Physical assaults. Cyberbullying directed at themselves their children and families – all while having to manage multiple crises in their communities – this is what it means to be a public servant,” said Clarence E. Anthony, CEO and executive director of the National League of Cities, in
Swensen, who was elected in 1991 to serve as the top elections officer in the state’s most populous county, finds the erosion of trust in the elections process devastating. While he didn’t receive any direct threats, Salazar said, “there [were] some borderline messages and emails that came through that did raise a lot of concern relative to my personal safety.”
Winder Newton added that sometimes it’s easy for the public to forget that public officials are human beings, oftentimes with families.
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