The workplace of Arizona GOP Senate candidate Kari Lake was placed on lockdown Tuesday after a marketing campaign staffer opened a package deal with a “suspicious” substance.
A marketing campaign spokesperson informed Fox Information Digital that an intern on the marketing campaign’s Phoenix workplace opened an envelope with a suspicious substance and a word that mentioned, “warning anthrax.”
The workplace of Kari Lake in Phoenix, Arizona. (Kari Lake marketing campaign offered)
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The marketing campaign referred to as authorities, prompting a response from a number of legislation enforcement companies and a hazmat crew.
Officers and firefighters cleared the constructing and despatched in a crew to analyze the substance.
Authorities are testing the suspicious substance. (Kari Lake marketing campaign offered)
The Phoenix Police Division mentioned the substance was examined and deemed “non-hazardous.”
“There have been no fast threats to the group and the occupants of the constructing will probably be allowed entry shortly. Investigators have been assigned,” Phoenix police informed Fox Information Digital in an announcement.
Authorities on scene after an envelope with a “suspicious” substance was discovered on the workplace of Kari Lake. (Kari Lake marketing campaign offered)
“The novel left, with assist from the mainstream media, has escalated its assaults in opposition to me from baseless smears and authorized harassment to bodily threats. Right this moment, my workplace acquired a suspicious envelope, probably containing anthrax — an try and intimidate and silence me,” Lake mentioned in an announcement. “This is not nearly me; it’s an assault on our motion. I received’t be intimidated, and people accountable should be delivered to justice. The time to unite in opposition to these harmful, un-American ways is now.”
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A hazmat crew arrives on scene at Kari Lake’s workplace. (Kari Lake marketing campaign offered)
Lake’s Democratic opponent, Ruben Gallego wrote on X: “I condemn any act of violence of threats in opposition to Kari Lake, her workplace, or different public officers.”
“My ideas are with the staffer concerned, and I am grateful for the swift response by @PhoenixPolice, @PHXFire, and the hazmat crew,” he mentioned. “I hope all the pieces is resolved safely and rapidly.”
