“Today, my family and I were victims of a swatting attempt, but local law enforcement officials were quick to analyze it, recognize the report was false and inform me of the attempt. It is scary and shocking to me that someone would go so far to try to cause harm or fear to me or my family.”

“I have always done my best to serve my community, be their voice, and work alongside them and my colleagues at the Statehouse to help make Indiana a great state. It is sad because of these efforts and work that I am villainized in some minds to the point of harmful retaliation. Threats to public officials cannot and should not be the norm. I hope to see justice for this illegal behavior.”

“I appreciate the Highland Police Department, who worked thoroughly to determine that my family and I were safe. I will continue my work and represent Senate District 1 to the best of my ability in the coming legislative session,” says Republican Indiana state Senator Dan Dernulc in a Tuesday statement that doesn’t connect the dots with the why of this swatting but just assumes you know.

Given the context, that it comes three days after his colleague Greg Goode was swatted, it’s obvious enough. We don’t need Goode to tell us it was a MAGA terrorist acting on convicted felon President Trump’s call for Goode, Dernulc, and the others resisting his commands for them to gerrymander one or both Dem Congressional seats in the Hoosier State out of existence.

However it’s plain that the two avoiding such clarity in their statements is a sign that they, probably correctly believe that such honesty would only invite more terrorism on them and their families.