Rep. Lori Trahan (D-MA) announced that she was the target of a bomb threat on Saturday morning while at her home in Massachusetts, a little over a week after a string of House and Senate Democrats were targeted by bomb threats on Thanksgiving Day.
In a statement posted on X, Trahan said, “This morning, I was made aware of a bomb threat targeting my family and me. I am grateful to the excellent officers at the Westford Police Department who responded swiftly and who are now working with the U.S. Capitol Police and Massachusetts State Police regarding this incident.”
“It’s a good time to say the obvious: threats of violence and intimidation have no place in our country,” she added.
According to Westford Police Department Capt. Michael Breault, the department was made aware of the threat via an email early Saturday. The state’s bomb squad then searched the house but did not find an explosive device. Breault added that there was no longer a threat to public safety.
On Thanksgiving Day, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT), as well as Reps. Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Jim Himes (D-CT), John Larson (D-CT), and Joe Courtney (D-CT), were the targets of bomb threats.
Just before Thanksgiving, Trump transition spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt announced that many of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees were the target of bomb threats and “swatting.”
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Those targeted included defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth; EPA administrator nominee Lee Zeldin; Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Trump’s incoming U.S. ambassador to the U.N.; and former Rep. Matt Gaetz, who withdrew his nomination for attorney general.
Trahan secured reelection to Massachusetts’s 3rd Congressional District in early November in an uncontested race. This will be her fourth term as a House representative.
