Michigan State Police responded to a bomb threat at the home of Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., a spokesman for her office said in a statement Friday. The threat came after President Donald Trump accused her and other Democratic lawmakers of “seditious behavior” that is “punishable by death.”
IN application sent by X, A spokesman for Slotkin's office said the senator “was not home at the time” and that Michigan State Police “searched the property and confirmed that no one was in danger.”
Slotkin's office and Michigan State Police did not immediately respond to requests for details of the incident.
The bomb threat came after Slotkin, who formerly worked for the CIA, and several other Democratic lawmakers, including former military personnel, posted a video this week called on military and intelligence officers to “refuse unlawful orders” from the Trump administration.
Trump reacted to the video on Thursday call for arrest Slotkin and others for “seditious behavior,” which, in his words, is “punishable by death.”
Trump also reposted threats from other users on Truth Social. that said“George Washington would like to hang them.”
White House press secretary Carolyn Leavitt said Thursday that Trump did not want to execute members of Congress but defended the president's comments, accusing lawmakers of “encouraging” military members and those working on national security to “disregard the president's lawful orders.”
Slotkin defended the video, I write in X Tuesday: “It’s the law. Passed on by our Founding Fathers to ensure that our military upholds its oath to the Constitution, not the King.”
Slotkin told NBC News on Thursday that she has additional protection from law enforcement: “The Capitol Police are now with me 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.”
Slotkin also responded to Trump's comments during an interview with MS NOW on Thursday, saying: “The climate of leadership is set from the top, and if the president says you should be hanged, then we shouldn't be surprised when people on the ground are going to follow his lead and say worse.”
Bomb threat appeared at Slotkin's residence after Indiana State Senator Greg Good swatting incident victim on Sunday. It happened shortly after Trump targeted him and other state lawmakers for failing to meet demands by the president and his allies to redraw the state's congressional map as part of a broad effort to win more House seats and expand the Republican majority in the lower chamber next year.
