Home Democratic chief Hakeem Jeffries referred to as for “maximum protection” for lawmakers and their households after a spate of bomb threats in opposition to Home Democrats over the Thanksgiving vacation.
“It is imperative that Congress provide maximum protection for all members and their families moving forward,” the Brooklyn congressman’s workplace mentioned in a press release Friday.
“America 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.”
A minimum of 10 of President-elect Donald Trump’s high-profile nominees had been hit earlier this month with what incoming press secretary Karoline Leavitt referred to as “violent, unAmerican threats to their lives.”
Amongst those that obtained threats had been Rep. Elise Stefanik, the incoming United States ambassador to the United Nations, and Lee Zeldin, the incoming director of the Environmental Safety Company.
Within the newest incidents, the complete Connecticut Democratic Home delegation obtained bomb threats signed “MAGA, ” an obvious reference to President elect Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan.
The person threats diversified from swatting to detailed threats of a pipe bomb positioned in mailboxes, in line with Jeffries.
