When Congressional Lawmakers are reportedly ‘really scared’ by anonymous pizza deliveries, you know the revolutionaries are winning.
For several months, lawmakers from both sides of the political spectrum, as well as former Capitol police leaders, have been receiving anonymous pizza deliveries. These seemingly harmless and innocent gifts have been seen as a threat, somehow.
After a hard day of making new laws, the arrival of an anonymous pizza delivery has shocked many to the core.
Pizza bombing, as it was known, is the act of having food delivered to someone’s address. It’s mildly annoying and is just a prank or inconvenience. Normally, it is a way to let someone know that you know where they live.
However, in typical US fashion, these lawmakers are seeing the pizza as an act of terror.
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The anonymous pizza deliveries to congressional lawmakers are a threat, according to Capitol Police. Speaking to ABC News, they said, “These recent pizza deliveries are troubling and yet again, bring to light the heightened threat landscape we are living in.” Continuing to stir the fear, they continued, “Violence and threats, of any kind, targeted at elected officials will not be tolerated.”
If the only way these lawmakers are being made to answer for their crimes is with anonymous pizza, they should count themselves lucky. There are many things worse than a pizza pie being dropped at their doors.
Despite the unthreatening nature of the harassment, they are worried. One congressional source said that, “people feel really scared.” If pizza is enough to make them afraid, I would hate to see how they react to real social kickback.
Anonymous pizza delivery is hardly the most violent act of terror. With other political uprisings happening around the US currently, they should be pleased it is so tame. But police are still taking it seriously.
There is little that can be done about the anonymous pizza deliveries to various congressional lawmakers. It’s not easy to track, and I am pretty sure sending someone a pizza isn’t a crime. For now, they’re just going to have to live in fear of the phantom pizza man.