{"id":2377542,"date":"2024-12-07T17:28:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-07T22:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/massachusetts-house-democrat-targeted-by-bomb-threat-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-07T17:29:06","modified_gmt":"2024-12-07T22:29:06","slug":"massachusetts-house-democrat-targeted-by-bomb-threat-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/massachusetts-house-democrat-targeted-by-bomb-threat-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Massachusetts House Democrat targeted by bomb threat &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fmassachusetts-house-democrat-targeted-by-bomb-threat-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=2377542&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>The\u2064 provided HTML code snippet \u2064contains elements for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-debrief-with-chris-irvine-is-biden-still-running-the-country-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"The Debrief with Chris Irvine: Is Biden still running the country? - Washington Examiner\">website interface<\/a>,specifically a section that allows users to expand content marked as &#8220;Read more&#8230;&#8221;. 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Lori Trahan (D-MA) announced that she was the target of a bomb threat on Saturday morning while at her home in <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Massachusetts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Massachusetts<\/a>, a little over a week after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=3245461&amp;action=edit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"string\">string<\/a> of House and Senate Democrats were targeted by bomb threats on Thanksgiving Day.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>In a statement <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepLoriTrahan\/status\/1865429272212410841\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"posted \">posted <\/a>on X, Trahan said, &ldquo;This morning, I was made aware of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-town-receives-sixth-bomb-threat-targeting-entire-community-police-report\/\" title=\"Wisconsin Town Receives Sixth Bomb Threat Targeting Entire Community, Police Report\">bomb threat targeting<\/a> my family and me. I am grateful to the excellent officers at the Westford Police Department who responded swiftly and who are now working with the U.S. Capitol Police and Massachusetts State Police regarding this incident.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a good time to say the obvious: threats of violence and intimidation have no place in our country,&rdquo; she added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rep. Lori Trahan (D-MA) was the target of a bomb threat on Saturday morning, she announced on X. (AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/trahan-targeted-bomb-threat-home-new-england-rcna183310\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"According to\">According to<\/a> Westford Police Department Capt. Michael Breault, the department was made aware of the threat via an email early Saturday. The state&rsquo;s bomb squad then searched the house but did not find an explosive device. Breault added that there was no longer a threat to public safety.<\/p>\n<p>On Thanksgiving Day, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT), as well as Reps. Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Jim Himes (D-CT), John Larson (D-CT), and Joe Courtney (D-CT), were the targets of bomb threats.<\/p>\n<p>Just before Thanksgiving, Trump transition spokeswoman&nbsp;Karoline Leavitt <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3244138\/trump-cabinet-nominees-swatted-bomb-threats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"announced \">announced <\/a>that many of President-elect Donald Trump&rsquo;s Cabinet nominees were the target of bomb threats and &ldquo;swatting.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Those targeted included defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth; EPA administrator nominee Lee Zeldin; Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Trump&rsquo;s incoming U.S. ambassador to the U.N.; and former Rep. Matt Gaetz, who withdrew his nomination for attorney general.<\/p>\n<p>Trahan secured reelection to Massachusetts&rsquo;s 3rd Congressional District in early November in an uncontested race. 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