Proud Boy Hopeful Threatens To Kill Senator-Elect Raphael Warnock

ATLANTA — An aspiring Proud Boys member threatened the life of Georgia's incoming U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock through social media, according to federal prosecutors.

Eduard Florea, of New York, was arrested Tuesday and charged with weapons offenses when investigators found more than 1,000 rounds of rifle and shotgun ammunition and dozens of combat-style — including two hatchets and two swords — in his home.

Authorities said his Jan. 6, post on the extreme rightwing site Parler in the early-morning hours after Warnock was declared the victor of the Georgia U.S. Senate runoff added an obscenity for emphasis when he stated, “dead men can’t pass laws.”

The 40-year-old software engineer wanted to join the group Proud Boys, but reportedly had not attended enough meetings to gain full membership. He was not present in Washington on the day that insurrectionists attacked and laid siege to the Capital, despite posts saying he planned to attend the rally.

But prosecutors said Florea had travelled there in December and joined the group in vandalizing a church.