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Pennsylvania State Police and the FBI are investigating a bomb threat at the GOP headquarters in Montgomery County

Pennsylvania State Police and the FBI are investigating a bomb threat at the GOP headquarters in Montgomery County

Pennsylvania State Police are investigating after a bomb threat was reported to the Montgomery County Republican Committee headquarters Saturday morning, forcing it to close early that day.

According to Pennsylvania GOPJust after 11 a.m. Saturday, employees at the Montgomery County GOP headquarters in Blue Bell received a call from someone “conveying an angry bomb threat containing profanity.”

In write to X, The Pennsylvania Republican Party said Saturday’s threat is one of several recent acts of violence against GOP candidates, offices and staff this election campaign, including two assassination attempt against former president donald trump in Pennsylvania AND Florida.

A Pennsylvania GOP post shows that on September 6, an Erie County Republican Party staffer allegedly received messages containing death threats from a Philadelphia resident. Then on October 10, the Pennsylvania Republican Party stated that people forcibly entered the Republican Party headquarters in Delaware County, where they allegedly threatened employees with death and prevented them from leaving the building.

Just seven days later, multiple people associated with the Republican Party also received a threatening anonymous letter, according to the Pennsylvania Republican Party. Police, Governor Shapiro’s Election Integrity Task Force and the FBI reported Saturday’s bomb threat and three other acts of violence that occurred in September and October.

PSP published in October They are also working with the FBI, the Mongomery County District Attorney’s Office and Whitpain County authorities on the investigation Saturday.

State police responded to their initial post by condemning the act of political violence, adding that they are committed to working with the Pennsylvania Department of State to ensure the security and integrity of the 2024 elections.

Pennsylvania Republican Party Chairman Lawrence Tabas urged Pennsylvanians to express their opinions through voting, not through violence and intimidation.

“There should be unanimous agreement that political violence has no place in our elections, especially after an innocent person. Butler County husband and father lost his life as a result of political violence”, – said Tabas.