A top Democratic leader is pointing fingers at “MAGA” Republicans, accusing them of threatening Congressional Democrats on Thanksgiving— just one day after members of President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet picks received bomb threats on their front doors.
Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) implicated that Trump supporters were hurling violent threats to Democrats with messages that included bomb threats and swatting— the practice of making prank phone calls to emergency services to bring about the dispatch of a large number of armed police officers to a particular address.
“House Democrats will not be deterred or intimidated from serving the people by violent threats. We have been in close communication with the Sergeant at Arms office, and it is imperative that Congress provide maximum protection for all Members and their families moving forward,” Jeffries stated.
BREAKING: Congressman Hakeem Jeffries says "MAGA" supporters threatened Democratic members of Congress on Thanksgiving.
Jeffries said the end of these messages were signed with the phrase "MAGA" and included b*mb threats and sw*tting.
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The New York Democrat said that threats of “violence against elected officials are unacceptable, unconscionable and have no place in a civilized society.” However, he failed to acknowledge that several Trump cabinet picks were targeted with a series of threats at their own homes.
Nearly a dozen of Trump’s cabinet picks, including Pete Hegseth, Trump’s pick for Secretary of Defense; Tulsi Gabbard, the pick for National Intelligence; Elise Stefanik, his pick for Ambassador to the United Nations; and former Rep. Lee Zeldin, the incoming president’s pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency were all on the receiving end of violent threats in reported pro-Palestinian themed messages. […]
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