One of the Democratic members of Congress who President Donald Trump accused of committing “seditious behavior, punishable by death,” said that her offices in Pennsylvania received bomb threats.
On Friday, Nov. 21, a spokesperson for U.S. Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, a Democrat who represents Pennsylvania’s 6th congressional district, posted on X that her office in West Chester received a bomb threat but that all of her staff members were safe.
From a spokesperson for Representative Houlahan:
Representative Houlahan's district office in West Chester, PA was the target of a bomb threat earlier today. Thankfully, the staff there as well as the office in Washington, D.C. are safe. We are grateful for our local law…
— Chrissy Houlahan (@RepHoulahan) November 21, 2025
West Goshen Township Police confirmed they were investigating the alleged threat.
Houlahan initially posted a tweet stating her office in Reading, Pennsylvania, also received a threat but later deleted it.
“We have received no information regarding this,” a Reading Police spokesperson wrote. “We have not been in contact with the representative’s staff, nor have we received any calls for service for this.”
Houlahan was one of six Democratic lawmakers – many of whom are veterans – who released a video urging members of the military and intelligence community not to follow illegal orders. Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, who previously worked at the CIA and Defense Department, on Tuesday shared the video of herself and other former members of the military and intelligence community.
“This administration is pitting our uniformed military and intelligence community professionals against American citizens. Like us, you all swore an oath to protect and defend this Constitution. Right now, the threats coming to our Constitution aren’t just coming from abroad but from right here at home. Our laws are clear. You can refuse illegal orders. You must refuse illegal orders,” they said. “No one has to carry out orders that violate the law or our Constitution.”
Besides Rep. Houlahan and Sen. Slotkin, the other participants included Rep. Chris Deluzio of Pennsylvania, Rep. Maggie Goodlander of New Hampshire, Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona and Rep. Jason Crow of Colorado.
President Trump responded to their video message in multiple posts on Truth Social on Thursday, including one where he said, “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!” He also reposted other posts such as one that said, “Hang them George Washington would.”
A day later, Trump said that he was “not threatening death” toward the group.
“In the old days, if you said a thing like that, that was punishable by death,” Trump said in an interview Friday on conservative Brian Kilmeade’s radio show when asked to clarify what he meant.
Trump also denied that he threatened them.
“I think they’re in serious trouble,” Trump said. “I would say they’re in serious trouble. I’m not threatening death, but I think they’re in serious trouble. In the old days, it was death. That was seditious behavior.”
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