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Link to tweet
The statement ends with this: We have been in close communication with the Sergeant at Arms office and it is imperative that Congress provide maximum protection for all Members and their families moving forward.
onecaliberal
(36,178 posts)I hope they get private security.
Cha
(305,674 posts)StarryNite
(10,870 posts)Skittles
(159,908 posts)Last edited Fri Nov 29, 2024, 08:05 PM - Edit history (1)
you get paranoid asshole scum support
Wicked Blue
(6,719 posts)as always
LetMyPeopleVote
(155,039 posts)Link to tweet
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/29/hakeem-jeffries-bomb-threats-connecticut-00192033
Each of the threats was signed with MAGA at the conclusion of the message, the minority leaders office said in a statement on Friday.
Nearly all of the House and Senate Democrats from Connecticut were the targets of bomb threats at their homes on Thursday, including Sen. Chris Murphy and Reps. Jim Himes, Joe Courtney, John Larson, Jahana Hayes and Rosa DeLauro. Police did not find evidence of devices at the lawmakers residences, Jeffries office confirmed.
The threats made toward Democrats came one day after a series of bomb and swatting threats made against President-elect Donald Trumps Cabinet nominees and administration appointees earlier this week. None of the threats were found to be credible.
Threats of violence against elected officials are unacceptable, unconscionable and have no place in a civilized society, the statement from Jeffries office said. All perpetrators of political violence directed at any party must be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
Think. Again.
(18,553 posts)Hope22
(3,022 posts)Theyve had four years to review videos and put detectives on the case. Disgusting!
CousinIT
(10,340 posts)As others in this thread said, I expect MAGAts to pull their security.
EDIT: there are two Hakeem Jeffries accounts on BlueSky. No idea which is his, or if either of them are. I wish ALL congressional Dems would get the fuck off of X.
BOSSHOG
(40,102 posts)And not someone else. Anyone? Know whose silence is deafening?
Lunabell
(6,999 posts)Or false flags.
slightlv
(4,396 posts)Kick out every magat. Set aside Florida and at least one other southern state, take out all military and govt functions from that state, then move every Democrat out of those states, move them to a state of their choosing. Help them either get a job or give them a UBI until they have one. Forcibly... if necessary... move every maga to the chosen state(s). Put up the highest walls possible and set up electric and electronic deterrents. Let them set up their own govt with their own economy.
How much longer are we going to put up with this? Until they stand on street corners shooting everyone? Until they start blowing up buildings... again. These people have no propriety and they have a history. Before handing them the reins of our country it's time to kick them out.
Sorry... I know this is severe. What they are doing is severe. There's no living with them because they don't want it. I don't feel like having me, my family, or my friends be target practice for them. We can come to a forced compromise, but it's going to take people with power who are as po'd as I am, and its going to take the rest of us demanding it
I've been Dem my entire life. My great grandfather fought old man Koch here in ks while he was alive. But maybe it's time to stop protesting trump and maga and start protesting dems to stop being so darned wishy washy before we lose everything... Including our lives.
I realize YMMV, and I respect that. I ask the same.