A Pennsylvania Democrat running for US Senate called the same congressional office every month for a year.
Nobody stopped him.
What was on those voicemails just landed Raymond Chandler III in federal custody – and it will make your jaw drop.
What Chandler Actually Said on Those Voicemails
This wasn't a bad tweet or an angry comment section post.
Raymond Eugene Chandler III, of Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, spent an entire year calling a congressional office and leaving detailed voicemails describing mass political violence.
On April 18, he walked the lawmaker through an imagined scenario: a thousand people simultaneously surround the homes of every wealthy American, drag them into the street, and slit their throats.
He specifically included the congressman's daughter.
Eleven days later, he called back.
This time he instructed the congressman to walk into the Oval Office, put a firearm to Trump's head, and pull the trigger.
"I want you to put that firearm to the President's head, and I want you to pull the trigger and I want you to kill him," Chandler said on the recording.
Then he asked whether the senator was going to "come after him" for saying it.
He was not being rhetorical.
Federal investigators traced every call back to Chandler through the voicemails themselves – he identified himself by name and home address each time.
FBI Pittsburgh and the U.S. Secret Service arrested him at his Wilkinsburg home on May 1.
His campaign website went dark. His ActBlue fundraising page returned a 404 error.
This Is Who the Modern Democratic Party Produces
Here is what Raymond Chandler III wanted you to know about him before his arrest.
He described himself as a first-generation college graduate from a working-class family.
His campaign priorities included taxing billionaires, universal healthcare, universal basic income, and abolishing ICE.
He was running to unseat John Fetterman in 2028 on a wealth redistribution platform.
Hours before federal agents showed up at his door, he posted a YouTube video titled "It's Time to Tax the Billionaires."
His own words to viewers: "Follow me – let's reclaim what is ours."
He also sent written messages to Pennsylvania Senator David McCormick warning that "the next shock to the system will result in violent revolution – of which you cannot be saved from."
This is not a fringe outsider. His campaign ran on ActBlue – the same platform used by every mainstream Democrat in America.
His platform was indistinguishable from what you hear on MSNBC six nights a week.
The only difference is he said the quiet part loud.
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The Left Has Been Winding These People Up for Years
This arrest didn't happen in a vacuum.
The White House documented the pattern just days ago – Democrat after Democrat calling Trump a fascist, a dictator, Hitler, and the antichrist.
Senator Chris Van Hollen told Democrats to "fight this in the streets."
Representative Dan Goldman said Trump was trying to "take over this country as a fascist dictator."
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries declared Democrats were in an "era of maximum warfare" – days before the most recent assassination attempt on Trump's life.
When you spend years telling people that the president is an existential threat to human civilization, some percentage of your audience is going to take you at your word.
Chandler took them at their word.
He believed the rhetoric so completely that he spent a year on the phone explaining to a sitting congressman exactly how the revolution should begin – and who should die first.
The charges Chandler now faces carry up to five years in federal prison per count under 18 U.S.C. § 871, with additional enhancements available for repeated threats and demonstrated intent.
The preliminary hearing is scheduled for May 8.
The Democrats who spent years calling Trump Hitler won't be in that courtroom.
But their words will be.
Sources:
- Cristina Laila, "Pennsylvania Democrat Senate Candidate Raymond Chandler Arrested for Threatening to Kill President Trump," The Gateway Pundit, May 3, 2026.
- Staff, "US Senate Candidate From PA Threatens To Kill Trump, Congressman's Daughter: Affidavit," Harrisburg Daily Voice, May 2, 2026.
- Matt Margolis, "U.S. Senate Candidate Arrested for Trump Threats," PJ Media, May 3, 2026.
- Elizabeth Stauffer, "'Kill the President': Pennsylvania Democrat Arrested Over Trump Threat," Legal Insurrection, May 3, 2026.
- Staff, "Democrats' Unhinged Rhetoric Incites Third Assassination Attempt on President Trump," WhiteHouse.gov, April 2026.
- Staff, "Federal Grand Jury Indicts Former FBI Director James Comey for Threats to Harm President Trump," U.S. Department of Justice, April 2026.
