Indiana Man Fired After Rep. Swalwell Receives Death Threats

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), who announced that he is running for president in 2020, holds his son Nelson Swalwell as he arrives for a gun violence town hall at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Fla., on April 9, 2019. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

A man in Indiana was fired after apparently making death threats to Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), his former employer posted on Twitter.

Swalwell posted a screenshot of a message allegedly sent by the man, alongside what he has called a stream of death threats targeting him. The man seemingly wished Swalwell and his family to be murdered, the screenshot showed.