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PigFootGateQuiddick! [UPDATED]

Over a month of death threats to Republican legislators in Wisconsin, and no national coverage.

Some douchebag sends Rep. Peter King a pig's foot, and it's a national fucking emergency.

Authorities intercepted a parcel this morning addressed to Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) containing a bloody pig's foot and a derogatory message, a source has confirmed to CBS News.

ZOMG!

Last month, King held hearings on radicalization in the Muslim-American community that critics suggested unfairly targeted Muslims, though it's not known whether this incident is related to those hearings. Muslims are forbidden from eating pork products.

Ibrahim Hooper, National Communications Director for the Council on American-Islamic Relations - a target of King's hearings - said he found the situation confusing. He said his organization regularly receives pig-themed hate messages, including letters smeared with bacon.

"My guess is it was an anti-Muslim bigot, and bigots not being brain surgeons they probably got their signals crossed," he said.

D'oh!

UPDATE: A source on Capitol Hill told NBC News that the note "contained anti-Semitic ramblings" and referenced the radicalization hearings. King is Roman Catholic.

Tiger blood! Winning!

More at Memorandum! Also covering this fast-developing story, Donald Douglas.

So, hey . . . you gonna eat that?

UPDATE (via Gawker):

"There's blood, there's the severed foot. The message refers to Mohammed, and it says all babies in America would be named Mohammed," the source said. "It also says, 'Kiss my black Muslim ass.'"

The message also referred to King as a "Jew," even though he is Catholic.

UPDATEx2: Now Politico

NPR. WTF?

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