Benson reportedly targeted twice in separate swatting incidents

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GRAND RAPIDS (WOOD-AM) - Democratic Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson says her home was "swatted" twice in a 48-hour span.

"Hateful rhetoric and violent threats have no place in our democracy," Benson said in a statement. "Swatting is a form of political violence that is horrific, dangerous and intended to terrify its victims."

Benson was the third Michigan politician targeted by swatting since the August primary.

Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin, a Democrat, and former Congressman Mike Rogers, a Republican, were previously hit.

No one was hurt.

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