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Connecticut House Democrats report being targeted by bomb threats on Thanksgiving

Four House Democrats from Connecticut say they were targeted by unfounded bomb threats on Thanksgiving Day, following similar warnings against Trump nominees.


Connecticut House Democrats report being targeted by bomb threats on Thanksgiving
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Each of the threats against Reps. Jim Himes, Jahana Hayes, Joe Courtney, and John Larson were determined to be unfounded and come after nearly a dozen of President-elect Trump's Cabinet nominees and other appointees were targeted with similar warnings on Tuesday night. 

"There is no place for political violence in this country, and I hope that we may all continue through the holiday season with peace and civility," he added. 

That department and Connecticut State Police then responded to her home and cleared the scene without finding any bomb or explosive materials, according to Hayes. 

"The police determined no bomb was present at the property and the Larson family is safe," he added. 

The warnings that the Trump Cabinet nominees and other appointees faced "ranged from bomb threats to 'swatting,'" according to Trump-Vance transition spokeswoman and incoming White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt. 

Sources told Fox News Digital that John Ratcliffe, the nominee to be CIA director; Pete Hegseth, the nominee for secretary of defense; and Rep. Elise Stefanik, the nominee for UN ambassador, were among those targeted. Brooke Rollins, who Trump has tapped to be secretary of agriculture, and Lee Zeldin, Trump's nominee to be EPA administrator, separately revealed they were also targeted. 

Fox News' Brooke Singman contributed to this report. 

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