Four Connecticut House Democrats say their homes have been the target of bomb threats on Thanksgiving Day.
Each of the threats against Reps. Jim Himes, Jahana Hayes, Joe Courtney and John Larson were determined to be unfounded and came after nearly a dozen of President-elect Trump’s Cabinet nominees and other appointees were the subject of similar warnings on Tuesday night.
“This morning I was notified of a bomb threat directed at my home where I was celebrating Thanksgiving with my family.” Himes, the top Democrat in the House Intelligence Committee, he said in a statement. “Fortunately, after a quick and thorough response from the United States Capitol Police, the Greenwich Police Department, and the Stamford Police Department, no evidence of a bomb was found.”
“There is no place for political violence in this country, and I hope we can all continue through the holiday season with peace and civility,” he added.
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Clockwise from top left, Connecticut Representatives John Larson, Jahana Hayes, Jim Himes and Joe Courtney. (Tom Williams/Roll Call/Kevin Dietsch/Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg/Douglas Healey/Getty Images/Reuters)
hayes said The chief of the Wolcott Police Department notified him shortly before 8 a.m. this morning “that they had received a threatening email indicating that a pipe bomb had been placed in my mailbox.”
That department and the Connecticut State Police responded to his home and cleared the scene without finding any bombs or explosive materials, according to Hayes.
“I thank the authorities for their quick attention to this matter, their actions demonstrate that there is no place in our country for political violence,” Hayes also said.
A spokesperson for Courtney he told Fox61 that “no evidence of a bomb” was found on his property in Vernon.
“Joe and Audrey extend their utmost gratitude to law enforcement officials, whose response should signal to perpetrators that these types of threats will not be tolerated,” the spokesperson added.
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President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees and other senior appointees have also been the target of threats recently. (Allison Robbert/Pool via AP, File)
larson he said in his own statement“Early this morning, East Hartford police came to my house in response to a bomb threat.
“Police determined that there was no bomb on the property and that the Larson family is safe,” he added.
The warnings Trump’s Cabinet nominees and other appointees faced “ranged from bomb threats to ‘slams,'” according to Karoline Leavitt, Trump-Vance transition spokesperson and incoming White House press secretary.
Rep. Jim Himes speaks with members of the press after a briefing at the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 14. Himes said Thursday: “There is no place for political violence in this country.” (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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Sources told Fox News Digital that John Ratcliffe, the nominee to be CIA director; Pete Hegseth, the nominee for Secretary of Defense; and Representative Elise Stefanik, a candidate for UN ambassador, were among the targets. Brooke Rollins, whom Trump named Secretary of Agriculture, and Lee Zeldin, Trump’s nominee to be EPA administrator, separately revealed that they were also attacked.
Fox News’ Brooke Singman contributed to this report.
