Posted on 11/29/2024 7:17:49 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
At least four Democratic representatives from Connecticut said Thursday they were targeted with bomb threats while home celebrating Thanksgiving with their families.
Reps. Joe Courtney, Jim Himes, John Larson and Jahana Hayes each issued statements revealing they were targeted with bomb threats, prompting law enforcement to respond. In each case, law enforcement ultimately found no evidence of a bomb and all four lawmakers have reported their families are safe.
The incidents come one day after several of Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks and administration appointees were similarly targeted in what the president-elect’s transition team called “violent and unAmerican threats to their lives.”
Incidents like these have increased in the past few years and are not uncommon for lawmakers, one official familiar with investigations into yesterday’s calls told CNN.
Members of law enforcement have previously told CNN that these calls can involve individuals overseas using scripts to make a variety of threats and are sometimes done for attention and entertainment.
CNN has reached out to US Capitol Police and local law enforcement that responded to the threats against the House Democrats.
Himes, Courtney and Hayes denounced threats of this kind and all political violence in their statements on Thursday. Larson’s statement said he was “grateful that my colleagues in the Connecticut Congressional Delegation, who received similar threats, are also safe.”
The FBI said in a statement Wednesday that it was aware of “numerous bomb threats and swatting incidents targeting incoming administration nominees and appointees” and is working with other law enforcement. “We take all potential threats seriously, and as always, encourage members of the public to immediately report anything they consider suspicious to law enforcement,” the statement added.
Andrew McCabe, a former FBI deputy director and CNN contributor, said he was not surprised by yesterday’s threats.
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press F to doubt... They needed a counter story to the swatting of Trump’s team that got buried.
All the MSM has in headlines today is “Democratic ...”
It started with Trump’s nominees days ago and to water it down MSM wants to reverse the finger point and make it mean (S) going after innocent (D)s.
SWATting is out of control. LEO must back-off. The home owner has rights — it is not about the LEO going home that night.
Yeah, riiiiiight. That’s as believable as all those false ‘racist’ claims. No one believes a DemocRAt. No one believes legacy media. Give it up, dimbulbs.
“Reps. Joe Courtney, Jim Himes, John Larson and Jahana Hayes”
All reps huh?......not very imaginative.
And gives Andrew McCabe a chance to stay in the news.
Interesting that they are all from Connecticut.
Probably an effort to downplay the Connecticut teacher who went nuts post election:
Foul-mouthed Connecticut teacher who ‘threatened to kill’ Donald Trump voters reveals shock career move
Daily Mail UK ^ | November 23, 2024 | Alyssa Guzman
Posted on 11/23/2024, 5:23:45 PM by Morgana
A teacher who warned Donald Trump supporters not to start a fight with her or they would lose, and die, says she would consider a more peaceful approach.
Annie Dunleavy, 30, resigned from Chapman Elementary School in Cheshire, Connecticut, amid backlash against her Snapchat video.
She went viral after the video she posted to a private channel vowing to leave Trump supporters ‘on a stretcher... forever’ if they ‘tested their gangster’ on her.
Dunleavy was put on a temporary leave from the school as the institution investigated her post-election rant, and quit soon after....
Why do I suspect hoax for sympathy?
(Have I become THAT jaded?)
Attention-seeking behavior.
“press F to doubt... They needed a counter story to the swatting of Trump’s team that got buried.”
That’s my first thought on this.
Poor babies. Somebody change their Huggie. They’re lucky as hell they aren’t Trump supporters just wanting to Make THEIR COUNTRY Great Again.
As usual for the left.
Himes: People Besmirching the Reputations of Comey and Mueller ‘Will Rot in Hell’
freebeacon ^ | April 13, 2018 | Jack Heretik
Posted on 4/13/2018, 10:17:48 PM by MarvinStinson
People who have been besmirching James Comey and Robert Muellers’ reputations “will rot in hell,” according to Rep. Jim Himes (D., Conn.)....
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Himes is one of those on the record “hoping bad things happen to Trump.”
Because liberals, and the liberal msm, are kings and queens of hoaxes
Law enforcement needs to investigate and prosecute if true. If a hoax, prosecute the hoaxers.
Yep. The manipulation going on is epic.
This isn’t some NYC blue-hairs running this op, that’s for sure.
They’re lying
Did all 4 of them had a noose around their necks, and were they doused with bleech and called racist and homophobic names as they were wandering around the neighborhood in the freezing cold at night with their Nigerian buddies from overseas?
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