The Republican Party offices in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, were evacuated after it received a bomb threat.
“Montgomery County Republican Committee Headquarters forced to close today after staff received a phone call, at 11:07AM, in which the caller communicated an angry, profanity-laced bomb threat,” the PA GOP said in a statement. “Today’s incident is one of an increasing number of threats, violence, and intimidation acts against GOP candidates, offices, and staff this cycle — on top of two assassination attempts against President Donald Trump.”
Christian Nascimento, chair of the Montgomery County GOP, said the “pretty profanity-laced” was “something to the effect of, ‘I’m gonna blow that place up,'” the Philadelphia Inquirer reported. The caller also stated, “I’m going to be waiting to shoot you when you leave tonight.”
The event mirrored a previous incident from September, when a GOP staffer from Erie County received death threats.
Similarly, on October 10, “individuals forcibly entered the Delaware County Republican headquarters, threatened to kill staff, and blocked them from exiting the building,” the PA GOP described. “On October 17, many individuals associated with the GOP received an anonymous letter, which stated: “Should your candidate win…we know where you live, you are in the data base. In the dead of a cold winters night, this year, or next and beyond, there is no knowing what may happen. Your property, your family may be impacted…”
The Pennsylvania State Police wrote on social media that they have “engaged with the @FBI, @MontcopaDA, and local law enforcement in Whitpain Township investigating a bomb threat targeted at the Montgomery County GOP,” adding, “There is no place for violence or threats of violence against any political group or voter. We are committed to working with the @PAStateDept to ensure the 2024 elections are safe, secure, and fair.”
