Bomb threats were emailed to three of Senate Democratic Leader Charles E. Schumer’s district offices, the New York lawmaker said Monday, with the sender using “MAGA” in the subject line and writing that the 2020 election was rigged.
Schumer said he was informed by local law enforcement about the threats, which targeted his offices in Rochester, Binghamton and Long Island.
“Local and federal law enforcement responded immediately and are conducting full security sweeps. Everyone is safe, and I am grateful for their quick and professional response to ensure these offices remain safe and secure for all New Yorkers,” he said in a statement.
Speaking on the Senate floor, Schumer blasted the specter of political violence.
“These kinds of violent threats have absolutely no place, no place in our political system,” he said. “No one, no public servant, no staffer, no constituent, no citizen should ever be targeted for simply doing their job.”
Local law enforcement agencies referred questions to the U.S. Capitol Police, which said it could not discuss member security “for safety reasons.”
The emails come amid a recent wave of increased threats to Democratic and Republican lawmakers in Congress and concern over politically motivated attacks.
After Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Arizona) and five other Democratic members of Congress released a video on X that reminded military and intelligence personnel they can refuse unlawful orders, President Donald Trump blasted the lawmakers in posts on Truth Social. In one, he accused the group of “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!” and shared a message saying “HANG THEM, GEORGE WASHINGTON WOULD!”
At a news conference Monday, Kelly addressed Trump’s attacks and the investigation the Pentagon has launched.
“President Trump is trying to silence me, threatening to kill me for saying what is true. … And it’s not going to work,” Kelly said.
Republicans such as Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia), who was once one of the president’s strongest allies, recently discussed threats she received after Trump criticized her on social media. She cited the potential violence as a factor in her decision to resign from Congress midway through her term.
“I am now being contacted by private security firms with warnings for my safety as a hot bed of threats against me are being fueled and egged on by the most powerful man in the world. The man I supported and helped get elected,” Greene wrote on Xin mid-November.
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky), who successfully led a bipartisan push to demand the Justice Department release files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and has long been a target of Trump’s ire, also stated in a social media post that “the threats against us have been insane.”
And last month, a Pennsylvania man was arrested outside a Senate office building in Washington and accused of threatening to kill Rep. Robert Garcia (D-California).
Nor are state officials immune. This summer, a gunman killed Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband at their home after shooting another Democratic state legislator and his wife in predawn hours.
Mariana Alfaro contributed to this report.
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