Secret Service explains how to ‘report a tweet that concerns you’

After Twitchy reported recent assassination threats against GOP nominee Mitt Romney, many readers notified the Secret Service via Twitter. But the Secret Service is letting the Twitterverse know that it prefers people report threatening tweets directly to state field offices.

Contact your nearest field office with time-sensitive or critical info or to report a tweet. 1.usa.gov/VzrtsV—
U.S. Secret Service (@SecretService) October 24, 2012

Last week, a Secret Service spokesman told The Weekly Standard that agents would review threats and “conduct appropriate follow up if necessary.”

@ChuckBaggett @secretservice they mean all the threats against our potus by right wing nut jobs.—
jash (@jashsf) October 23, 2012

Actually, no. It means all threats handled by the Secret Service. And plenty of them come from oh-so-tolerant lefties:

• #FUCKROMNEY: Hate and death threats greet Romney’s RNC speech
• Twitter user threatens to assassinate Mitt Romney
• Conservatives chronicle Romney death threats, face false reports
• Death threats against Mitt Romney proliferate
• Post-presidential debate, Obama supporters renew vows to murder Mitt Romney

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