Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said that he was informed on Monday of bomb threats to his offices in Binghamton and Rochester in Upstate New York, and on Long Island, that contained a heading referring to U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan.
The emailed threats referred to the 2020 U.S. presidential election being “rigged,” an unsubstantiated claim that the president has also made, according to Schumer, who is Jewish.
“As I have said many times, these kinds of violent threats have absolutely no place in our political system,” Schumer said on the Senate floor. “No one—no public servant, no staffer, no constituent, no citizen—should ever be targeted for simply doing their job.”
The senator said that everyone was OK, and he thanked federal and local law enforcement for their “quick and professional response” to ensure that the offices remained safe.
Letitia James, the New York attorney general, stated that she was glad the senator’s staff was safe. “Political violence, in any form, is never acceptable in New York or any corner of this nation,” she said.
