{"id":131298,"date":"2024-11-29T06:03:21","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T23:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=131298"},"modified":"2024-11-29T06:03:21","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T23:03:21","slug":"bomb-threats-target-democratic-congress-members-from-connecticut-us-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=131298","title":{"rendered":"Bomb threats target Democratic Congress members from Connecticut | US Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Several Democratic members of Congress from Connecticut have been targeted by bomb threats on their homes, the lawmakers or their offices said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Jim Himes, Joe Courtney and John Larson all reported that their homes were the subject of bomb threats. Police who responded said they found no evidence of a bomb on the lawmakers\u2019 properties.<\/p>\n<p>This happened a day after a number of Donald Trump\u2019s most prominent cabinet picks and appointees reported that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/nov\/27\/trump-cabinet-bomb-threats\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">they had received bomb threats and \u201cswatting attacks\u201d<\/a>, in which perpetrators initiate an emergency law enforcement response against a victim under false pretences.<\/p>\n<p>Courtney\u2019s Vernon home received a bomb threat while his wife and children were there, his office said.<\/p>\n<p>Himes said on Thursday morning he was notified of the threat against his home during a Thanksgiving celebration with his family. The US Capitol police and Greenwich and Stamford police departments responded.<\/p>\n<p>Himes extended his family\u2019s \u201cutmost gratitude to our local law enforcement officers for their immediate action to ensure our safety\u201d. He added: \u201cThere is no place for political violence in this country, and I hope that we may all continue through the holiday season with peace and civility.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Larson also said on Thursday that East Hartford police responded to a bomb threat against his home.<\/p>\n<p>The threats follow an election season marked by violence. In July, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/sep\/15\/trump-safe-gunshots-golf-course\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">a gunman opened fire at a Trump rally<\/a> in Butler, Pennsylvania, grazing him in the ear and killing one of his supporters. The Secret Service later thwarted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/sep\/30\/trump-assassination-attempt-suspect-not-guilty\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">a subsequent assassination attempt at Trump\u2019s West Palm Beach golf course<\/a> in Florida, when an agent spotted the barrel of a gun poking through a perimeter fence while Trump was golfing.<\/p>\n<p>Among those who received threats on Wednesday were New York representative Elise Stefanik, Trump\u2019s pick to serve as the next ambassador to the UN; Matt Gaetz, Trump\u2019s initial pick to serve as attorney general; Oregon representative Lori Chavez-DeRemer, who Trump chose to lead the Department of Labor, and former New York congressman Lee Zeldin, who has been tapped to lead the Environmental Protection Agency.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/nov\/28\/bomb-threats-target-democratic-congress-members-from-connecticut\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several Democratic members of Congress from Connecticut have been targeted by bomb threats on their homes, the lawmakers or their offices said on Thursday. 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