Democrats targeted in wave of Thanksgiving bomb threats

[applegrove]

Democrats targeted in wave of Thanksgiving bomb threats

Andrew Solender

https://www.axios.com/2024/11/28/democrats-himes-hayes-thanksgiving-bomb-threats

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Multiple U.S. House and Senate Democrats from Connecticut including the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee said Thursday they were the targets of bomb threats.


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Driving the news: "This morning, I was notified of a bomb threat targeting my home where I was celebrating Thanksgiving with my family," top Intelligence Committee Democrat Jim Himes (D-Conn.) said in a statement.

* Himes said that after a "swift and thorough response" from the Capitol Police and Greenwich and Stamford police departments,"no evidence of a bomb was found."

* Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) also had his home targeted by a bomb threat on Thursday morning in what "appears to be part of a coordinated effort involving multiple members of Congress and public figures," his spokesperson said.

* Rep. Jahana Hayes (D-Conn.) said in a statement she was notified Thursday morning by her local police chief of "a threatening email stating a pipe bomb had been placed in the mailbox at my home."

Law enforcement "responded and no bomb or explosive materials were discovered and the scene was cleared," Hayes said, adding that the investigation is ongoing.

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[Rebl2]

1. First

trump nominees, now democratic representatives and senators. China maybe?

[Igel]

3. Dunno.

Maybe copycat/reverse threats.

Then again I was authoritatively informed by a poster that, well, any public figure gets death threats, no biggie and not worth even paying attention to, so why be concerned about Trump nominees' receiving death threats?

I don't like normalizing the threat of violence and disagreed ... civilly.

[Irish_Dem]

2. Same thing the Russians did on Election Day to Dem precincts.

Russians leaving their calling cards again?