TOLEDO, Ohio — A Toledo man is accused of making threats against U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, federal officials say.

Timothy Ireland, 41, is charged with making threats against a member of Congress and illegally possessing bullets.

Ireland posted on Facebook a link to an unspecified article with the caption: “She should be shot. Can’t fire me, my employer would load the gun for me,” according to court records.

U.S. Capitol Police began investigating Ireland on July 23, court records say. Ireland on Aug. 2 told Capitol Police investigators that he was proud his Facebook post, records say.

He also told police that he always carries concealed firearms, that everyone knows he carries firearms and that he often goes hunting.

Ireland has a criminal history that includes felony convictions in Sarasota County, Florida for dealing stolen property and a misdemeanor marijuana possession charge in Cook County, Georgia.

Federal authorities raided his home Thursday and took him into custody. Investigators said they found seven bullets inside his home on Kosciusko Avenue in Toledo, but found no guns.

A spokeswoman for Ocasio-Cortez declined to comment.

Ocasio-Cortez is a member of what is known as "The Squad," a group of four congresswomen elected to the House in 2018 that includes Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan.

The Squad drew the ire of Trump and his supporters for their fierce criticism of his policies including child separation at the southern border.

Trump criticized The Squad in a tweet that said they should "go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came. Then come back and show us how it is done." Three of the four members of The Squad were born in the United States. Omar is a naturalized citizen who came to the US from Somalia as a child.

Trump’s tweet prompted a chant of “Send her back” at a July 17 rally in North Carolina.

Court records do not say what article Ireland linked to, but Capitol Police began investigating Ireland three days after nola.com published a story about a Louisiana police officer who posted a comment on his Facebook page that called Ocasio-Cortez “a vile idiot” who “needs a round, and I don’t mean the kind she used to serve."

That officer and another were fired.