Sen. Elissa Slotkin Receives Bomb Threat After Urging Military To 'refuse Illegal Orders'

Michigan State Police responded to a explosive threat astatine nan location of Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., a spokesperson from her agency said successful a connection connected Friday. The threat comes aft President Donald Trump accused her and different Democratic lawmakers of "seditious behavior" that was "punishable by death."

In a statement posted to X, a spokesperson from Slotkin's agency said that nan legislator "wasn’t location astatine nan time" and that Michigan State Police "searched nan spot and confirmed that nary 1 was successful danger."

Slotkin's agency and Michigan State Police did not instantly respond to requests for further specifications connected nan incident.

The explosive threat comes aft Slotkin, who antecedently worked astatine nan CIA, and respective different Democratic lawmakers, including those who are erstwhile work members, had posted a video this week urging subject and intelligence officers to "refuse forbidden orders" from nan Trump administration.

Trump connected Thursday had responded to nan video by calling for nan arrest of Slotkin and others for “seditious behavior,” which he said was “punishable by death.”

Trump had besides re-posted threats from different users connected Truth Social that said, “Hang them George Washington would.”

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said connected Thursday that Trump did not want to execute members of Congress, but defended nan president's comments by accusing nan lawmakers of "encouraging" work members and those moving to guarantee nationalist information "to defy nan president’s lawful orders."

Slotkin has defended nan video, writing connected X Tuesday: "This is nan law. Passed down from our Founding Fathers, to guarantee our subject upholds its oath to nan Constitution — not a king."

Slotkin told NBC News Thursday that she had further protection from rule enforcement, saying, “Capitol Police is now pinch maine 24/7.”

Slotkin besides responded to Trump’s comments during an MS NOW question and reply connected Thursday, saying: “Leadership ambiance is group from nan apical and if nan president is saying you should beryllium hanged, past we shouldn’t beryllium amazed erstwhile folks connected nan crushed are going to travel suit and opportunity moreover worse.”

The explosive threat at Slotkin's residence comes aft Indiana authorities Sen. Greg Goode was nan victim of a swatting incident on Sunday. That happened shortly aft Trump took purpose astatine him and different authorities lawmakers for failing to enactment connected demands from nan president and his friends to redraw nan state’s legislature representation arsenic portion of a wide effort to prime up much House seats and widen Republicans' mostly successful nan little enclosure adjacent year.