After the president tweeted at me by name, calling me out the way that he did, the threats became much more specific, much more graphic, and included not just me by name, but included members of my family by name, their ages, our address, pictures of our home, just every bit of detail that you can imagine.
Al Schmidt describes the threats he received after being targeted by Trump's tweet.
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