WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Several Democratic members of Congress from Connecticut have been focused by bomb threats in opposition to their houses, lawmakers or their workplaces stated Thursday.
Representatives Jim Himes, Joe Courtney and John Larson all reported that their houses had been topic to bomb threats. Responding police stated they discovered no proof of a bomb on lawmakers’ property.
This got here a day after a few of President-elect Donald Trump’s high cupboard officers reported receiving bomb threats and “swatting assaults,” through which perpetrators provoke an emergency regulation enforcement response in opposition to a sufferer below false pretenses.
Courtney’s dwelling in Vernon obtained a bomb risk whereas his spouse and youngsters had been there, his workplace stated.
Himes stated Thursday morning he was made conscious of the risk to his dwelling throughout a Thanksgiving celebration together with his household. The U.S. Capitol Police and the Greenwich and Stamford police departments responded.
Hines expressed his household’s “utter gratitude to our native regulation enforcement officers for his or her speedy motion to make sure our security.” He added: “There isn’t any place for political violence on this nation, and I hope we are able to all proceed by way of the vacation season in peace and civility.”
Larson additionally stated Thursday that East Hartford police responded to a bomb risk at his dwelling.
The threats comply with an election season marked by violence. In July, a gunman opened hearth at a Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, grazing him and killing one among his supporters. The Secret Service later foiled a subsequent assassination try at Trump’s golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida, when an agent seen the barrel of a gun sticking by way of a fringe fence whereas Trump was taking part in golf.
Among those that obtained threats Wednesday had been New York Rep. Elise Stefanik, Trump’s decide to be the following ambassador to the United Nations; Matt Gaetz, Trump’s first selection for lawyer normal; Oregon Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, who Trump picked to steer the Department of Labor, and former New York Rep. Lee Zeldin, who was tapped to steer the Environmental Protection Agency.
Associated Press author Jill Colvin in New York contributed to this report.
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