Michigan State Police responded to a bomb threat at the home of Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., a spokesperson for her office said in a statement Friday. The threat comes after President Donald Trump accused her and other Democratic lawmakers of “seditious behavior” that was “punishable by death.”
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Slotkin’s office and the Michigan State Police did not immediately respond to requests for more details about the incident.
The bomb threat comes after Slotkin, who previously worked at the CIA, and several other Democratic lawmakers, including those who are former service members, released a video this week urging military and intelligence officials to “reject illegal orders” from the Trump administration.
On Thursday, Trump responded to the video by calling for the arrest of Slotkin and others for “seditious behavior,” which he said was “punishable by death.”
Trump had also reposted threats from other users on Truth Social saying, “Hang them, George Washington would do it.”
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Thursday that Trump did not want to execute members of Congress, but defended the president’s comments by accusing lawmakers of “encouraging” service members and those working to ensure national security “to defy the president’s lawful orders.”
Slotkin defended the video, writing on X Tuesday: “This is the law. Handed down by our Founding Fathers, to ensure our military upholds its oath to the Constitution, not to a king.”
Slotkin told NBC News on Thursday that he had additional protection from authorities, saying, “Capitol Police are now with me 24/7.”
Slotkin also responded to Trump’s comments during an MS NOW interview on Thursday, saying, “The leadership climate is set at the top and if the president says they should hang you, then we shouldn’t be surprised if people on the ground do the same thing and say even worse things.”
The bomb threat at Slotkin’s residence comes after Indiana State Senator Greg Goode was the victim of a crushing incident on Sunday. that happened shortly after Trump attacked him and other state lawmakers for failing to meet demands from the president and his allies to redraw the state’s congressional map as part of a broad effort to gain more House seats and expand the Republican majority in the House next year.
