'Boom': GOP gov candidate who defied Trump hit with death threat day before bomb scare

A Republican candidate for governor in Georgia and the current secretary of state received a death threat the day before a bomb scare at one of his campaign events, according to a new report.

According to the New York Times, Brad Raffensperger received a four-page, handwritten manifesto on Monday. The manifesto came with a photo of Raffensperger and the word "Boom" written across his forehead, a campaign official told the Times.

"It was obviously targeting the secretary of state," campaign spokesperson Ryan Mahoney told the Times, which noted that "Mr. Raffensperger has been the subject of hundreds of threats since the 2020 presidential election, when he bucked President Trump's efforts to reverse his defeat."

The letter was mailed to the Clay County sheriff's office, which in turn notified the FBI and state law enforcement, the Times reported. Law enforcement "beefed up security for Mr. Raffensperger and his family," according to the report.

On Tuesday, Raffensperger planned to campaign in Macon, Georgia, at the Middle Georgia Regional Airport. He had to call off the event, though, after law enforcement and a team of dogs found "a suspicious object inside a vending machine," according to the report.

However, Mahoney said, "it remained unknown if the suspicious object found at the campaign event in Macon was related to the manifesto." Mahoney also said it's unknown whether law enforcement has identified the person who wrote the manifesto or planted the suspicious object.

"We're still trying to find that person," Mahoney said to the Times.