Multiple bomb threats made against Sen. Schumer’s New York offices
Dec. 1 (UPI) — Multiple bomb threats were made Monday morning against the offices of New York Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer, the Senate minority leader said, as threats of violence targeting U.S. lawmakers increase.
“This morning, I was informed by New York law enforcement of multiple bomb threats made against my offices in Rochester, Binghamton and Long Island,” Schumer said in a Senate floor speech.
The threats against his offices were made by email. The subject line read “MAGA,” the acronym for the Make America Great Again movement, founded by President Donald Trump. According to Schumer, the threats included the unfounded claim that the 2020 election, which Trump lost to former President Joe Biden, was rigged.
Local and federal law enforcement responded “immediately,” Schumer said, and his offices were being swept as he spoke.
The investigation is ongoing, he said.
“Everyone, thank God, is safe,” he said, while expressing gratitude to federal and local law enforcement.
“As I have said many times, these kinds of violent threats have absolutely no place in our political system. No one — no public servant, no staffer, no constituent, no citizen — should ever be targeted for simply doing their job.”
The threats were made amid heightened political tensions in the United States, where there have been several attacks on high-profile leaders in recent years.
In 2022, David DePape broke into the home of then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat, and bludgeoned her husband, Paul Pelosi, with a hammer.
Trump, a Republican, survived two assassination attempts, including one that resulted in a bullet wound to his ear, in 2024.
This year, the residence of Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, a Democrat, was damaged in an arson attack in April; two Democratic state representatives for Minnesota were shot in June, one fatally; and in September, well-known conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated.
“The bomb threats directed at Sen. Schumer’s offices are reprehensible,” Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., said in a statement.
“Disagreement is part of democracy. Violence and intimidation are not. This is not a Republican or Democratic problem. It is everyone’s problem and both parties must stop it.”