Congressional Democrats and Republican cabinet nominees and administration appointees have been threatened in the last week.
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The bomb threats sent to six congressional Democrats from Connecticut on Thanksgiving were signed “MAGA,” for Donald Trump’s «Make America Great Again» slogan , House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Friday, after a week of violent threats targeting both parties.Key Facts
In a statement, Jeffries said the messages received by the elected officials on Thanksgiving «ranged from detailed threats of a pipe bomb placed in mailboxes to swatting», but all had one thing in common—the MAGA signature.
The threats were received by Sen. Chris Murphy and Reps. Jim Himes, Joe Courtney, John Larson, Jahana Hayes and Rosa DeLauro, all Democrats—the only member of Congress from Connecticut who appears not to have received a threat is Sen.
