Headline Roundup • November 24th, 2025
Democratic Lawmakers Face Bomb Threats After Trump's Accusations of 'Sedition'
Summary from the AllSides News Team
Several Democratic lawmakers have received bomb threats and other security risks in the days after President Donald Trump called their behavior "seditious" and "punishable by DEATH."
The Details: Michigan State Police officers investigated bomb threats at the home of Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) last week. Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO), Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), and Rep. Chris Deluzio (D-PA), who also appeared in the original video, have received bomb threats to their offices as well.
For Context: After posting a video on X calling for military service members to disobey illegal orders, Trump posted several times on Truth Social on November 20, calling the video "SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR FROM TRAITORS!!!" On November 22, he said that the lawmakers "should be in jail right now, not roaming the fake news networks trying to explain what they said was OK."
Response from Republicans: Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said in an interview with CBS, "If you take it at face value, the idea that calling your opponents traitors—and then specifically saying that it warrants the death penalty—is reckless, inappropriate, irresponsible." In response, Trump wrote on Truth Social, "He was never great, but he went really BAD," referring to Paul.
How the Media Covered It: The Hill (Center bias) focused on Paul's commentary, calling his statements "one of the strongest denunciations of Trump's attacks on Democratic colleagues." NBC (Lean Left) reported on Slotkin's response to her security threats, including her statement, "Leadership climate is set from the top, and if the president is saying you should be hanged, then we shouldn't be surprised when folks on the ground are going to follow suit and say even worse." Fox News (Right) framed the bomb threats as coming "just days after she appeared in a video telling troops to defy 'illegal' orders" rather than in response to Trump's social media posts.
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Michigan State Police officers responded to a bomb threat at the home of Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., a spokesperson from 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."
In a statement posted to X, a spokesperson from Slotkin's office said that the senator "wasn't home at the time" and that Michigan State Police officers "searched the property and confirmed that no one was in danger."
Slotkin's office and the Michigan...
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The Michigan home of Sen. Elissa Slotkin was targeted with a bomb threat just days after she appeared in a video telling troops to defy "illegal" orders.
A spokesperson for the Michigan Democrat released a statement on X Friday night saying, "this evening, Michigan State Police responded to Senator Slotkin's home in response to a bomb threat."
"The Senator wasn't home at the time. MSP searched the property and confirmed no one was in danger," the statement continued.
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) warned that President Trump calling Democratic lawmakers "traitors" is "reckless, inappropriate, irresponsible"
Paul on Sunday offered one of the strongest denunciations of Trump's attacks on Democratic colleagues, including Sens. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), something the president doubled down on over the weekend.
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