Peter Meijer, Republican who voted for impeachment, says he’s buying body armor due to threats

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WASHINGTON – Rep. Peter Meijer, one of10 Republicans who voted to impeach President Donald TrumpWednesday, said he and some of his colleagues are buying body armor and altering their daily routines due to fear of violence.

“It’s sad that we have to get to that point, but you know our expectation is that someone may try to kill us,” Meijer, R-Mich., said Thursday in an interview on MSNBC.

Meijer said the body armor is a reimbursable purchase.

“We don’t know what’s going to happen next. We weren’t expecting for the Capitol to get overrun for the first time in 200 years,” he said. “And so in this unprecedented environment with an unprecedented degree of fear of divisiveness and hatred, we have to account for every scenario.”

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In this Oct. 14, 2020 file photo, Michigan's 3rd District Congressional Republican candidate Peter Meijer speaks at a campaign rally in Grand Rapids, Mich.

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