A death threat phone call made to controversial U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Orlando, was answered by his 5-year-old son.

“It’s appalling. I think any decent human being would understand this is not the way to behave,” Grayson said during a phone interview with Local 6.

Grayson’s press secretary, Todd Jurkowski, said the incident occurred last week.
Grayson told Local 6 he was in Washington D.C. prepping for the contentious health care reform vote when a female placed the call.

“My 5-year-old twins hit the speakerphone when the phone was ringing, and she said, among other things, ‘If you vote for healthcare, I’ll kill you,’” Grayson said, “and my 5-year-old went to my wife and said, ‘Mommy, there’s a lady on the phone who said she’s going to kill me.’”

Grayson said his son was upset, but seems OK now. Details of the incident have been turned over to Capitol police.