{"id":2374550,"date":"2024-11-29T17:30:01","date_gmt":"2024-11-29T22:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bomb-threats-toward-democrats-were-signed-maga-jeffries-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-29T17:31:26","modified_gmt":"2024-11-29T22:31:26","slug":"bomb-threats-toward-democrats-were-signed-maga-jeffries-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bomb-threats-toward-democrats-were-signed-maga-jeffries-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Bomb threats toward Democrats were signed \u2018MAGA\u2019: Jeffries &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fbomb-threats-toward-democrats-were-signed-maga-jeffries-washington-examiner%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=2374550&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>House Minority Leader \u2064Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) \u200creported that multiple \u200d<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> directed at\u200c congressional \u200cDemocrats on \u2063Thanksgiving Day were signed with \u201cMAGA.\u201d He condemned these threats as \u201cunacceptable, unconscionable, and having\u200d no place in a civilized society,\u201d and called for heightened security for \u200ball members of Congress.\u2064 The threats \u2062reportedly targeted nearly the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-applauds-biden-for-kentucky-tornado-response\/\" title=\"McConnell Applauds Biden For Kentucky Tornado Response\">entire congressional delegation<\/a> from\u2062 Connecticut, including prominent \u200dfigures like Senators and Representatives. The threats\u2063 included serious details, such as a\u2064 bomb placed in\u2063 mailboxes and incidents of swatting, and were attributed to\u200d individuals identifying \u200cwith the \u201cMAGA\u201d slogan. Jeffries emphasized the necessity for Congress \u200cto ensure the\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/workers-from-boeing-fedex-revolt-against-bidens-vaccine-mandate\/\" title=\"Workers from Boeing, FedEx Revolt Against Biden&#039;s Vaccine Mandate\">maximum protection<\/a> of \u2063its members and their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jordan-and-israel-leaders-urge-calm-after-historic-meeting-following-spike-in-violence\/\" title=\"Jordan and Israel leaders urge calm after historic meeting following spike in violence\">families amid<\/a> these alarming events. Other lawmakers, including Rep. Seth Magaziner\u2063 (D-RI),\u2064 also <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">reported receiving similar threats<\/a>.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Bomb threats toward Democrats were signed &lsquo;MAGA&rsquo;: Jeffries<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1885856\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>House Minority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hakeem-jeffries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Hakeem Jeffries<\/a> (D-NY) claimed that a slew of bomb <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/threat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">threats<\/a> made against congressional Democrats on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/thanksgiving\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Thanksgiving Day<\/a> were &ldquo;signed with &lsquo;MAGA.&#8217;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>In the statement from his office, Jeffries demanded the &ldquo;maximum protection&rdquo; for members of Congress, saying that the threats were &ldquo;unacceptable, unconscionable and have no place in a civilized society.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Almost the entire congressional delegation from Connecticut reportedly received bomb threats on Thursday. Those included were Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT), Reps. Jim Himes (D-CT, Rosa DeLauro (D-CT.), John Larson (D-CT), Joe Courtney (D-CT), and Jahana Hayes (D-CT).<\/p>\n<p>The threats on the members of Congress &ldquo;ranged from detailed threats of a pipe bomb placed in mailboxes to swatting&rdquo; and were signed with &lsquo;MAGA&rsquo; at the conclusion of the message<sub>,<\/sub>&rdquo; a Jeffries spokesperson said, according to <em>Axios<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Jerries&rsquo;s office has been in &ldquo;close communication with the Sergeant at Arms office,&rdquo; according to the statement, which added that &ldquo;it is imperative that Congress provide maximum protection for all Members and their families moving forward.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Seth Magaziner (D-RI) shared Friday on X that his home was also subject to a bomb threat, but there was no evidence of a bomb found.<\/p>\n<p>The threats against the Democrats come after Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) and former Rep. Lee Zeldin, Trump nominees for ambassador to the United Nations and Environmental Protection Agency administrator, respectively, were targeted by bomb and swatting threats earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>While outside the Nantucket, Massachusetts, island bookshop with his family, President Joe Biden told reporters Friday that the FBI is looking into the threats against both lawmakers and the Trump nominees.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re working that hard, the FBI,&rdquo; Biden said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last December, House Democrats launched a task force in response to the uptick of threats against representatives. The task force was assembled in response to lawmakers having their offices vandalized with pro-Palestinian graffiti.<\/p>\n<p>In January, Capitol Police <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2806354\/us-capitol-police-threat-assessments-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">reported<\/a> a rise in threats against members of Congress in 2023 &mdash; with 8,008 cases examined. This is a rise of 500 cases compared to 2022.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1885856\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1885856\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bomb threats to Democrats were labeled &#8216;MAGA&#8217;: Jeffries<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2542,"featured_media":2374551,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Hakeem-Jeffries-1.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[38736,3685,13376,5656],"class_list":["post-2374550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bomb-threats","tag-democrats","tag-jeffries","tag-maga"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Hakeem-Jeffries-1.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2374550","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\/2542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2374550"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2374550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2374554,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2374550\/revisions\/2374554"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2374551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2374550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2374550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2374550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}