In a democracy, no one should have their life threatened because of their religious or political views," said the Rev. Chuck Currie, a Portland minister in the United Church of Christ.

“The defendant’s repeated choice to threaten violence, to include threats of murder and rape, against persons in the public eye who he disagreed with, demonstrates a lack of self-control and respect,” prosecutors wrote in the government’s sentencing memorandum.

The brothers were arrested at their Miami Beach homes, charged with a slew of state and federal rape and sex-trafficking charges.

Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan had been banned from leaving Romania after being charged with rape and human trafficking charges, but the order has been lifted.