PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — A Republican from Montgomery County said he was swatted after expressing his support for Democrat Kamala Harris.
Matthew McCaffery, the Republican municipal chair in Upper Merion Township, shared security footage on X showing officers patting him down on his front porch Saturday night.
After he appeared on CNN Friday to discuss his decision not to support former President Donald Trump, McCaffery said someone called the police to his house. That act is known as swatting — falsely calling the cops to someone’s address.
McCaffery told NBC10 that someone emailed the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office falsely claiming there was a hostage situation occurring at his address. NBC10 obtained the email, which said, “My boyfriend has locked my daughter in the closet and he’s now got a gun to my head, forcing me to withdraw all money to him. Please send help.”
McCaffery said Upper Merion police are looking into the incident as a “politically motivated crime.”
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