Election chief on mounting threats to election officials ahead of midterms
CBSN
The nation's top election security official broke down as she recounted the vitriol targeting election officials, including those in her home state of Washington. "It's unnerving," said Wyman, now the senior election lead at the nation's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).
"Threats like 'we're going to hang you.' And 'I hope somebody puts a bullet in your head,'" Kim Wyman told CBS News in her first TV interview since accepting her new role.
Less than 60 days before the midterm elections, officials are bracing for a range of potential physical security risks prompted by conspiracy-laden claims of voter fraud, the Capitol insurrection and violent rhetoric spreading beyond an outspoken fringe of election deniers into mainstream politics.
