Heated meeting with Metcalfe spurs security request by colleague
A state representative from Philadelphia is asking for additional steps to be taken to ensure his safety after an alleged interaction with state Rep. Daryl Metcalfe last week.
In a letter sent Monday to the director of the house safety and security, Rep. Chris Rabb, a Democrat who serves northwest Philadelphia, said a recent conversation with Metcalfe, R-12, has him concerned about his ability to “safely function” in his role.
Rabb wrote that on April 11, following a heated meeting of the House State Government Committee, which Metcalfe is chairman, the two engaged in a conversation which Rabb termed “tense.”
Rabb wrote that at the end of the exchange, Metcalfe said “we'd have a very different conversation on the street,” the letter states.
Rabb indicates this language is “commonly used as a threat of violence ... and being that it is widely rumored that Representative Metcalfe carries a firearm on him inside of the state capitol complex, I take that threat very seriously.”
Rabb wrote that because he must regularly interact with and sit next to Metcalfe, he wanted to make security leaders aware of the threat “so that all possible measures can be taken to ensure my safety while in the capitol.”
Metcalfe could not immediately be reached for comment Wednesday.
A full story will appear in the Butler Eagle.
