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TagsBY BOB HOLT
NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM
Ted Nugent says he ended every reference that he made in his recent remarks with “in November at the voting booth.”
But the Secret Service wanted to talk things over with Nugent, and he had a meeting with Secret Service agents before a concert Thursday night in Oklahoma. WLFI.com reports that as a result of that meeting, the case is now closed and Nugent's comments were not a legitimate threat.
"The issue has been resolved," agency spokesman Brian Leary said in a statement. "The Secret Service does not anticipate any further action."
The rock singer, gun-rights advocate, and Motor City Madman told the National Rifle Association that he would be “dead in jail” if President Barack Obama is re-elected in November. According to Reuters, Nugent made references to other Obama administration officials, saying, “We need to ride into that battlefield and chop their heads off in November."
"I'm sure it will be a fine gathering backstage,” Nugent said, regarding his Secret Service meeting.
According to an Associated Press report on Richmond Times-Dispatch, Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz called for Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney, already endorsed by Nugent, to “condemn Nugent's violent and hateful rhetoric.”
Global Post reports that the 63-year old Nugent responded by calling Schultz, "a Che Guevara fan" and "a Mao Tse-Tung wannabe."
Romney spokeswoman Andrea Saul said briefly, “Divisive language is offensive no matter what side of the political aisle it comes from. Mitt Romney believes everyone needs to be civil.”
The Secret Service has had some issues of their own recently, a little matter of a prostitution scandal in Columbia last week. And the Christian Science Monitor points out that it may not be beyond Nugent to bring the topic up in his own defense.
