{"id":2374525,"date":"2024-11-29T16:05:48","date_gmt":"2024-11-29T21:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-cabinet-nominees-threatened-before-thanksgiving\/"},"modified":"2024-11-29T16:08:36","modified_gmt":"2024-11-29T21:08:36","slug":"trump-cabinet-nominees-threatened-before-thanksgiving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-cabinet-nominees-threatened-before-thanksgiving\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Cabinet Nominees Threatened Before Thanksgiving"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-cabinet-nominees-threatened-before-thanksgiving%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2374525&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former President Donald Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/live-impeachment-updates-house-reconvenes-to-debate-trump-impeachment\/\" title=\"Live impeachment updates: House reconvenes to debate Trump impeachment\">cabinet nominees<\/a> \u2062faced violent threats<\/a> as Thanksgiving approached, according to\u200c a release \u2063from Trump campaign spokeswoman Karoline\u200b Leavitt.\u2062 The threats included bomb scares and &#8220;swatting,&#8221; a tactic where false emergency reports are made to provoke a police \u200bresponse.\u2062 These incidents prompted \u200cswift action from law\u200c enforcement to ensure \u2062the safety of those\u200b targeted. Leavitt expressed gratitude\u200d for the authorities&#8217; response, asserting that such intimidation would not deter Trump&#8217;s team. Notably, this violence seems to be part of a larger pattern, as\u2063 Trump himself has previously survived at least two assassination \u2062attempts, indicating an escalating \u2064climate of hostility toward\u200d him and his associates.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:2013-11-23_Thanksgiving_Parade_Silver_Spring_514_Police_Lights_%2811029946016%29.jpg\">Edward Kimmel\/Wikimedia Commons<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\/deed.en\">CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/11\/27\/trump-cabinet-nominees-and-administration-appointees-threatened-swatted-before-thanksgiving\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Trump%20Cabinet%20Nominees%20And%20Administration%20Appointees%20Threatened,%20Swatted%20Before%20Thanksgiving&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/11\/27\/trump-cabinet-nominees-and-administration-appointees-threatened-swatted-before-thanksgiving\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=Trump%20Cabinet%20Nominees%20And%20Administration%20Appointees%20Threatened,%20Swatted%20Before%20Thanksgiving&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/11\/27\/trump-cabinet-nominees-and-administration-appointees-threatened-swatted-before-thanksgiving\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\" https:><\/path><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/11\/27\/trump-cabinet-nominees-and-administration-appointees-threatened-swatted-before-thanksgiving\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Trump%20Cabinet%20Nominees%20And%20Administration%20Appointees%20Threatened,%20Swatted%20Before%20Thanksgiving&amp;body=Trump's%20cabinet%20nominees%20and%20their%20families%20faced%20violent%20threats%20overnight%20and%20this%20morning,%20Karoline%20Leavitt%20announced.%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/11\/27\/trump-cabinet-nominees-and-administration-appointees-threatened-swatted-before-thanksgiving\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump&rsquo;s cabinet nominees faced a series of threats overnight and on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Several of President Trump&rsquo;s Cabinet nominees and Administration appointees were targeted in violent, unAmerican threats to their lives and those who live with them,&rdquo; Trump campaign spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt wrote in a press <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/karolineleavitt\/status\/1861807887107961315\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">release<\/a> on Wednesday morning.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-5bcf577cd90fc97375a9e44aa3a7f59c fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-5bcf577cd90fc97375a9e44aa3a7f59c\"><\/div>\n<p>The threats, which came the night before Thanksgiving eve, &ldquo;ranged from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-arrested-for-alleged-bomb-threats-in-pittsburgh\/\" title=\"Man arrested for alleged bomb threats in Pittsburgh\">bomb threats<\/a> to &ldquo;swatting,&rsquo;&rdquo; in which a suspect falsely reports an emergency to trigger a police response against his target, according to the release. Police and &ldquo;other authorities&rdquo; quickly acted for the &ldquo;safety of those who were targeted.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;President Trump and the entire Transition team are grateful for their swift action,&rdquo; Leavitt wrote. &ldquo;With President Trump as our example, dangerous acts of intimidation and violence will not deter us.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"1y2qb7SnMCtewxj8p\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The violent left has been calling in bomb threats and swatting incoming members of the Trump Administration. Enough is enough with this type of deranged crap!<\/p>\n<p>Fox News: Trump Cabinet nominees, appointees targeted with &lsquo;violent, unAmerican threats&rsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8v4paVrja6\">https:\/\/t.co\/8v4paVrja6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DonaldJTrumpJr\/status\/1861815126413779427?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 27, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Trump has so far faced at least two attempted assassination <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/09\/15\/gov-desantis-announces-independent-investigation-into-second-trump-assassination-attempt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">attempts<\/a>. In the first, a would-be assassin <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/13\/trump-wounded-after-gunshots-ring-out-at-pa-rally-defiantly-pumps-fist-after-apparent-assassination-attempt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">shot<\/a> Trump in the head at a Pennsylvania rally, and in the second, a shooter <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/09\/16\/propaganda-media-rush-to-downplay-second-trump-assassination-effort-they-encouraged\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">waited in the bushes on a Florida golf course to ambush him<\/a>, as The Federalist previously reported. Apparently this violence is now being directed toward Trump&rsquo;s associates.<\/p>\n<p>Leftists have consistently incited violence against Trump by calling him a &ldquo;Nazi,&rdquo; peddling the recent Madison Square Garden media <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/10\/28\/corporate-media-incite-further-violence-by-calling-joyful-trump-rally-nazi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hoax<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/19\/leftists-continue-eliminationist-rhetoric-days-after-trump-assassination-attempt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">refusing<\/a> to abandon their incendiary rhetoric in the days after the first assassination attempt.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-86a491365e9dc7317a58169bf0d181b1 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-86a491365e9dc7317a58169bf0d181b1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-7cc6f78568b0bf5d67b61f5d2098e087 fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-7cc6f78568b0bf5d67b61f5d2098e087\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Logan Washburn is a staff writer covering election integrity. He graduated from Hillsdale College, served as Christopher Rufo&#8217;s editorial assistant, and has bylines in The Wall Street Journal, The Tennessean, and The Daily Caller. Logan is originally from Central Oregon but now lives in rural Michigan.<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-30 bdr-top-bold-black\">\n<div class=\"row g-0 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n<div class=\"article-author-profile d-flex align-items-center justify-content-center justify-content-md-start\">\n<div class=\"article-author-details\">\n<div class=\"label-md\">Logan Washburn<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 d-flex justify-content-center justify-content-md-end mt-15 mt-md-0\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/author\/logan-washburn\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">More Articles<\/a>     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-tags bdr-top-black mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-15 pt-md-45\">\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled d-flex flex-wrap align-items-center mb-0 mx-n10 p-0\">\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/bomb-threat\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">bomb threat<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Donald Trump<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/karoline-leavitt\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Karoline Leavitt<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/leftist-media\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">leftist media<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/swatting\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Swatting<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/threats\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">threats<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/trump-nominee\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Trump nominee<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/violence\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">violence<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Trump&#8217;s cabinet nominees received multiple threats recently<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":507,"featured_media":2374526,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2013-11-23_Thanksgiving_Parade_Silver_Spring_514_Police_Lights_11029946016.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4955,8163,38598,6579,3634],"class_list":["post-2374525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-cabinet","tag-nominees","tag-thanksgiving","tag-threatened","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2013-11-23_Thanksgiving_Parade_Silver_Spring_514_Police_Lights_11029946016.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2374525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/507"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2374525"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2374525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2374529,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2374525\/revisions\/2374529"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2374526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2374525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2374525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2374525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}