Fox News: Connecticut House Democrats report being targeted by bomb threats on Thanksgiving

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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.

                   
                       

Four You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login say their homes have been targeted by bomb threats on Thanksgiving Day. 

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. 

"This morning, I was notified of a bomb threat targeting my home where I was celebrating Thanksgiving with my family," You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login on the House Intelligence Committee, said in a statement. "Thankfully, after a swift and thorough response from the United States Capitol Police, the Greenwich Police Department, and the Stamford Police Department, no evidence of a bomb was found." 

"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. 

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You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login she was notified by the chief of the Wolcott Police Department shortly before 8 a.m. this morning "that they received a threatening email stating a pipe bomb had been placed in the mailbox at my home." 

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. 

"I thank law enforcement for their swift attention to this matter, their actions demonstrate there is no place in our country for You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login," Hayes also said. 

A spokesperson for Courtney You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login that there was "no evidence found of a bomb" at his property in Vernon. 

"Joe and Audrey extend their utmost gratitude to the law enforcement officers, whose response should signal to perpetrators that these You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login will not be tolerated," the spokesperson added. 

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Larson You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, "Early this morning, East Hartford Police came to my home in response to a bomb threat. 

"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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