Authorities arrested a New Hampshire man over the weekend after allegedly making threats against businessman and Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy.
Ramaswamy senior adviser Tricia McLaughlin confirmed the man who allegedly sent threatening messages to the Ramaswamy campaign is Tyler Anderson.
According to court documents, Anderson is charged with transmitting in interstate commerce a threat to injure another person after he allegedly texted Ramaswamy’s campaign that he was going to kill the candidate and attendees at a campaign event after receiving a text message from Ramaswamy’s campaign inviting him to a breakfast.
“Great, another opportunity for me to blow [the Candidate’s] brains out!” Anderson allegedly responded over text, according to the court filing, followed by another message reading, “I’m going to kill everyone who attends and then f— their corpses.”
“Thanks, I’ll see you there. Hope you have the stamina for a mass shooting!” another alleged text from the New Hampshire man said.
Anderson was arrested and taken to the Dover Police Department on Saturday.
The affidavit alleged that Anderson had also sent threatening messages to another candidate who has not yet been identified.
“We are grateful to law enforcement for their swiftness and professionalism in handling this matter. Our security team worked closely with New Hampshire state police, who are some of the best in the nation. We’re going to let the investigators do their work and figure out who this person is and what their motives might be,” McLaughlin said in a statement.
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