From all appearances, Andrew Janz’s talk to a group of 100 mostly senior citizens looked like another political rally.
But the event took place Wednesday morning under a threat made two days earlier from a Twitter user posting, “How about I waste you and everybody in the Clovis town hall.”

The town hall at the Clovis Veterans Memorial District went off without incident. Entertainer Jon “Bowzer” Bauman joined Janz in primarily discussing Social Security issues.
Janz, who running for Congress in California’s 22nd district, revealed the online threat while speaking with the media afterward. After his staff discovered the Twitter post, they reported it to Clovis police. While uniformed officers roamed the building, their presence did not indicate something out of the ordinary.
The congressional candidate said Clovis police also had plainclothes officers in attendance as well.
Clovis police say the case is open. As far as the increased police presence, the department confirmed it partially, with an interesting explanation.
“Detectives did attend the event to ensure nothing happened. At the same time of the town hall meeting, there was an unrelated class for law enforcement at the same location, which is the reason it appeared that additional uniformed personnel were on hand. The personnel attending their training class had no part in the town hall meeting,” department spokesman Ty Wood said in a statement.
The suspect is looking at possible criminal threat charges (PC 422).
“This is an event that involves senior citizens. This is at our veteran hall. So, for anyone to make this threat, whether it’s a joke or if it’s serious, is something that should not be happening in our modern-day discourse,” Janz said.

Twitter Threat

A Twitter user under the handle “@Mtat22” posted the tweet Monday afternoon in a thread discussing the Janz-Devin Nunes race. Replying to a post about someone wanting to donate to Janz, “@Mtat22” responded, “Well you just wasted your donation on a guy who lost by 30 points in the primary election.”
An active Janz supporter “@realFireNunes” responded with “You just wasted your tweet to your zero followers 😂.”
To which “@Mtat22” referenced Wednesday’s event.