Senate Minority Leader Says Multiple Offices Were Targeted With Bomb Threats

On Monday, Senate Democrat leader Chuck Schumer said that three of his New York offices were targeted with emailed bomb threats from an email address alleging the “2020 election was rigged.”

Schumer said in a statement that local law enforcement received bomb threats referencing his offices in Rochester, Binghamton and Long Island with the email subject line “MAGA.”

“Local and federal law enforcement responded immediately and are conducting full security sweeps,” Schumer said. “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.”

A law enforcement source confirmed that Suffolk County police responded to Schumer’s Long Island office but could not confirm the details of the threat.

Schumer said in the statement that “these kinds of violent threats have absolutely no place in our political system.”

The incident comes amid escalating threats and intimidation aimed at public officials across the political spectrum, a trend that law enforcement agencies and researchers say has intensified in recent election cycles. The U.S. Capitol Police reported it investigated 9,474 “concerning statements and direct threats” against members of Congress, their families and staff in 2024, noting that threat volumes often rise during election years.

Beyond Capitol Hill, election administrators and local officials have also faced harassment and threats, including bomb threats that disrupted some Election Day activity in 2024; the FBI said it was tracking bomb threats sent to polling locations in several states, with many appearing to originate from Russian email domains and none deemed credible at the time.

Threats have also hit prominent Republicans as well as Democrats. For example, Suffolk County police previously responded to a bomb-related threat at the Long Island home of former Rep. Lee Zeldin, a Republican, and reported finding no device.

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In October, federal authorities thwarted what they describe as a brazen “murder-for-hire” online plot targeting the U.S. Attorney General. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Minnesota resident Tyler Maxon Avalos was taken into custody on October 16 after a tipster notified them of his alleged TikTok post offering a $45,000 bounty on the life of Pam Bondi.

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Nancy grew up in the South where her passion for politics first began. After getting her BA in journalism from Ole Miss she became an arts and culture writer for Athens Magazine where she enjoyed reporting on the eclectic music and art scene in Athens, GA.

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2 Comments
    SmackEm

    Gee – How does one go from threatening the Supreme Court Justices to being a victim of a threat?? And Portray themselves as someone who “thinks” he rightfully stands with the “Legal U.S. Citizens” population?? This person is a two face coin and needs to be held accountable for his threats presented against “Other/ Majority Voiced Legal U.S. Citizens” desired/ voted for legislation/ personal.
    Just a thought – maybe the best way for the majority of the Legal U.S. Citizens to “Make America Great Again” is to SUE IN COURTS the Democrat Party at Large for all the Illegal Events perpetrated against Our Children (Common Core, DEI, Woke, Forced Gender Identity), against the General Population (Covid Mandates/ Rules/ Senior Deaths), J6 public (Fake J6 trials, Democrat FBI set ups), Former President Trump Coup/ Russian Hoke (Clinton, Comry, Oboso – Obama, Pelosky).
    We must minimize/ stop our “White Legal U.S. Citizen” population eradication that has been on going for far to long. Biracial/ mixed race/ mixed culture marriages are eradicating our Once Strong White/ Freedom Loving mindset that Born d the United States of America. I may be wrong but it appears/ seems to me that when a child is born into a Biracial/ mixed race environment they are given a death sentence. In the future life of that child there may come a time when they may need a medical transplant/ bone marrow transfusion or ?. There will be no/ very minimal chance that a DNA matched body part donation will be available any where. Mixing cultures within a family is not only hard and in a lot of sense causes heavy mental stress/ gross confusion (children) on normal folks. If America is going to right it’s course these items must be bottom line corrected. And Holding the Democrat Party at Large “Fully Accountable” for their perpetration’s is a MUST.

    Fred Burnet

    Politics is the problem.
    We need people without any political aspirations.
    We need honest people willing to work for a small paycheck.
    We need people that want to serve WE THE PEOPLE.
    We need people willing to put AMERICA FIRST.
    We need people willing to do the right thing and not bend to corruption.
    We need people willing to remove the perverted people from government.

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