Thanksgiving Tensions: Four Democratic Lawmakers Threatened While at Home

While they were at home spending Thanksgiving with their family, at least four Democratic legislators from Connecticut reported on Thursday that they had received bomb threats.

It was revealed in remarks that Representatives Joe Courtney, Jim Himes, John Larson, and Jahana Hayes were the targets of bomb threats, which prompted law authorities to take action. All four lawmakers have reported that their families are safe, and law enforcement officials have concluded that there was no evidence of a bomb in each of the cases.

Similarly, many of Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees and administration appointees were bombarded in what the presidential transition team called “violent and unAmerican threats to their lives.” The threats happened on the day immediately following the last event.

CNN spoke with a government official familiar with the research on yesterday’s discussions and said incidents of this nature have become more commonplace among elected officials in recent years.

Earlier statements made to CNN by members of law enforcement indicate that these calls may involve individuals located overseas using scripts to make a variety of threats. Additionally, these calls may be made for the purpose of attracting attention and providing entertainment.

CNN has reached out to United States Capitol Police as well as local agencies which responded to the threats made against the Democrats in the House of Representatives.

In their statements issued on Thursday, Himes, Courtney, and Hayes condemned all types of political violence as well as specific threats of this kind. Himes was the most senior Democrat to serve on the House Intelligence Committee. He made this comment: “There is no political unrest in this country, and I hope we all remain peaceful and civilized during the holidays.”

Based on the statement issued by Larson, the latter had appreciated the responses made by members of the Connecticut Congressional Delegation who have also faced similar threats.

In fact, it said earlier Wednesday that the Federal Bureau of Investigation is aware of “numerous bomb threats and swatting cases targeting elected and incoming elected officials” and has been working with other agencies to investigate these cases . . . .
The statement continued: “We take all potential threats seriously” and “As always, we encourage the public to immediately report any suspicious activity to law enforcement.”

“I was not surprised by yesterday’s threats,” said Andrew McCabe, a former deputy director of the FBI and a contributor to CNN.

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This is something that has become a very, very typical occurrence in the lives of people who are in high-profile positions or even positions that are slightly contentious. According to McCabe, who was interviewed on Wednesday, the situation has been going on for years. Even as they must be presumed aware, to a ninety percent level of confidence, that the threats that are received are worthless and that there is nothing to them, they cannot take the risk of not responding in the event that one genuine threat is received.

An example of a criminal hoax is “swatting,” where a person fraudulently reports a crime, such as a mass shooting or a bomb threat, with the goal of causing the police to respond at a particular area. Threats of this nature have been directed at a diverse range of beliefs in this era of highly inflamed and contentious politics. Judge Tanya Chutkan, who led the federal election subversion case against Donald Trump; and special counsel Jack Smith, to mention but just a few, have already faced such situations.