WASHINGTON — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Monday that several of his New York offices have faced bomb threats via an email with the subject line “MAGA.”
Law enforcement is addressing the matter, and no one has been hurt, the New York Democrat said in a statement, while thanking them for the response.
“This morning, I was informed by law enforcement entities throughout New York of multiple bomb threats that were made at my offices in Rochester, Binghamton, and Long Island with the email subject line ‘MAGA’ and from an email address alleging the ‘2020 election was rigged.’ Local and federal law enforcement responded immediately and are conducting full security sweeps,” Schumer said in the statement. “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.”
“As I have said many times, these kinds of violent threats have absolutely no place in our political system,” Schumer added. “No one—no public servant, no staff member, no constituent, no citizen—should ever be targeted for simply doing their job.”
Schumer read a version of his written statement on the Senate floor, moments after issuing it, before moving on to other issues, including U.S. strikes on what the Trump administration says are drug boats in the Caribbean.
The threats against the Democratic leader’s offices come in the midst of a volatile political environment. On Monday, Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., took to X to post an expletive-laden compilation of messages she has received from people calling for her to be murdered.
“Leadership climate is set at the top. So, when President Trump calls for me to be killed and hanged, many people take that as license to call my office and say even worse,” Slotkin wrote.
Last week, two National Guard members deployed to Washington, D.C., were shot near the White House in what law enforcement called a “targeted” shooting. One of them, 20-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, died.
Julie Tsirkin contributed.