Domestic terror hit close to home when a bomb was sent to former Congressman Lee Zeldin’s house, a nominee for a top appointment in the Trump Administration. The scare comes as the incoming President reported “violent, unAmerican threats” to the lives of his other perspective cabinet members and those who live with them.
“A pipe bomb threat targeting me and my family at our home today was sent in with a pro-Palestinian themed message,” Zeldin said in a statement. “My family and I were not home at the time and are safe. We are working with law enforcement to learn more as this situation develops. We are thankful for the swift actions taken by local officers to keep our family, neighbors, and local community secure.”
The attacks on the President’s team ranged from bomb threats to “swatting,” a form of terrorism where hoax calls are made to provoke an armed law enforcement response to the target’s location.
Zeldin, who’s been tapped to run the Environmental Protection Agency, is not the only New Yorker under attack. Rep. Elise Stefanik, Trump’s pick for Ambassador to the United Nations, released the following statement from her campaign about being targeted:
“This morning, Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, her husband, and their three-year-old son were driving home to Saratoga County from Washington for Thanksgiving when they were informed of a bomb threat to their residence. New York State, County law enforcement, and U.S. Capitol Police responded immediately with the highest levels of professionalism. We are incredibly appreciative of the extraordinary dedication of law enforcement officers who keep our communities safe 24/7.”
Zeldin is no stranger to violence during his long record of service. The Army veteran had bullets fly into his house, missing his daughters inside, while he was running for governor. Later, during a campaign in which he narrowly lost to Gov. Kathy Hochul, Zeldin was accosted by a knife-wielding assailant, who he quickly subdued. The GOP candidate’s near victory in the heavily Democrat New York was attributed, in part, to his pro-law enforcement, anti-crime stance.
“President Trump and the Transition are focused on doing the work of uniting our nation by ensuring a safe and prosperous future,” stated Karoline Leavitt, Trump-Vance Transition Spokeswoman. “With President Trump as our example, dangerous acts of intimidation and violence will not deter us.”
The threats of violence come as Trump’s opponents have gone all out to paint him as a “threat to Democracy” and call him a Nazi in the vein of Adolph Hitler. The charged rhetoric has been blamed for inciting two assassination attempts against the president and a huge schism between the majority of Americans who swept him back into office and those who hate him.
The Mainstream Media, a culprit in dividing the nation against Trump, has yet to acknowledge that the attacks on his nominees are terror threats. “How is this not being called an act of domestic terrorism?” wondered Alexandra Datig, a political consultant and conservative commentator, who noted that the Biden Administration deemed citizens protesting at school board meetings and abortion clinics as domestic terrorists.