The office of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries denounced Thanksgiving Day threats made against Democratic members of Congress that ranged from “detailed threats of a pipe bomb placed in mailboxes to swatting.”
Each of the threats was “signed with ‘MAGA’ at the conclusion of the message,” the minority leader’s office said in a statement on Friday.
Nearly all of the House and Senate Democrats from Connecticut were the targets of bomb threats at their homes on Thursday, including Sen. Chris Murphy and Reps. Jim Himes, Joe Courtney, John Larson, Jahana Hayes and Rosa DeLauro. Police did not find evidence of devices at the lawmakers’ residences, Jeffries’ office confirmed.
The threats made toward Democrats came one day after a series of bomb and “swatting” threats made against President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees and administration appointees earlier this week. None of the threats were found to be credible.
“Threats of violence against elected officials are unacceptable, unconscionable and have no place in a civilized society,” the statement from Jeffries’ office said. “All perpetrators of political violence directed at any party must be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.”
The New York lawmaker’s office also said Democrats had “been in close communication with the Sergeant at Arms office and it is imperative that Congress provide maximum protection” for members and their families.