{"id":131909,"date":"2024-11-30T22:21:33","date_gmt":"2024-11-30T15:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=131909"},"modified":"2024-11-30T22:21:33","modified_gmt":"2024-11-30T15:21:33","slug":"house-minority-leader-asks-for-maximum-protection-after-bomb-threats-target-democrats-us-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=131909","title":{"rendered":"House minority leader asks for \u2018maximum protection\u2019 after bomb threats target Democrats | 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\">American lawmakers are on edge after a wave of hoax bomb threats targeted figures across the political spectrum and prompted the Democratic leader in the House of Representatives to demand that Congress take action to provide \u201cmaximum protection\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Over Thanksgiving nearly the entire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/11\/28\/democrats-himes-hayes-thanksgiving-bomb-threats\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Connecticut congressional delegation<\/a> of Democrats faced bomb threats that apparently were signed \u201cMaga\u201d \u2013 shorthand for Donald Trump\u2019s \u201cMake America great again\u201d political movement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Those threats followed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/11\/27\/trump-bomb-threats-swatting-stefanik-gaetz\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">spate of similar threats<\/a> that targeted incoming Republican Trump administration appointees and their offices. Figures were also \u201cswatted\u201d by hoax calls to police with the apparent aim of triggering an armed police response to a target.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cIt is imperative that Congress provide maximum protection for all members and their families moving forward,\u201d House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Jeffries added: \u201cAmerica is a democracy. Threats of violence against elected officials are unacceptable, unconscionable and have no place in a civilized society. All perpetrators of political violence directed at any party must be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">According to Jeffries\u2019 office, the incidents \u201cranged from detailed threats of a pipe bomb placed in mailboxes to swatting.\u201d All were signed with \u201cMaga\u201d at the conclusion of the message, Jeffries\u2019 statement said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The US Capitol police declined to offer details about the threats to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/11\/29\/hakeem-jeffries-bomb-threats-connecticut-trump\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">news website Axios<\/a> in order to \u201cminimize the risk of copy-cats\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Meanwhile, the FBI is investigating the pre-Thanksgiving wave of threats against Trump\u2019s incoming administration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Among those targeted were New York congresswoman Elise Stefanik, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-united-nations-elise-stefanik-ambassador-2b482fb39a8d6f03d389d27cc8820056\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Trump\u2019s pick to serve as the next ambassador to the United Nations<\/a>; Oregon congresswoman Lori Chavez-DeRemer, whom <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-cabinet-labor-secretary-lori-chavezderemer-feaa4672efac644aa60722d3a3215df1\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Trump wants to lead the Department of Labor<\/a>; and former New York congressman Lee Zeldin, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-stephen-miller-policy-immigration-9cc6ad3118779b23bff88022ca5e2260\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">who has been tapped<\/a> to lead the Environmental Protection Agency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Bomb threats and swatting attempts also married the run-up to November\u2019s presidential election with politicians, election officials and election offices being subject to the threats.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The election played out against a background of warnings of civil unrest if the contest had been tight or disputed. However, Donald Trump\u2019s clear victory over the vice-president, Kamala Harris, largely defused any prospect of protest or violence.<\/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\/30\/hoax-bomb-threats-target-politicians\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American lawmakers are on edge after a wave of hoax bomb threats targeted figures across the political spectrum and prompted the Democratic leader in the House of Representatives to demand &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=131909\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=131909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131909\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=131909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=131909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=131909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}