The Pennsylvania Republican Party (PAGOP) on Saturday issued a statement confirming the Montgomery County GOP offices were evacuated over the weekend due to a bomb threat, adding that it is the latest in a series of threats levied at Republican officials and their families ahead of Election Day.
A PAGOP statement posted to the social media platform X confirmed the Montgomery County Republican Committee Headquarters evacuated on Saturday after a staff member received a phone call, during which the party stated, “the caller communicated an angry, profanity-laced bomb threat.”
After noting the two attempts to assassinate former President Donald Trump, the PAGOP revealed the bomb threat against the Montgomery County GOP, and subsequent evacuation of its offices, are the latest in a series that began in September, when the party revealed a staffer in Erie County was threatened, “Your days are numbered, B****!”
According to the PAGOP, “many individuals associated” with the party later received a threatening letter on October 17.
The sender told the Republicans, “Should your candidate win… we know where you live, you are in the data base… Your property, your family may be impacted.”
Montgomery County GOP received a bomb threat this morning, adding to increasing violence against GOP Candidates, offices, and staff. We will stay focused. Will NOT be deterred. pic.twitter.com/oz6nlFH9n0
— PA GOP (@PAGOP) October 26, 2024
In its statement, the PAGOP also noted the incident reported at the Republican Party offices in Delaware County, where protesters entered the offices used by former President Donald Trump’s campaign and cornered two women on October 10.
According to the Delaware County Republican Party, the female volunteers were “[o]utnumbered two to four,” then “cornered” as the protesters “aggressively chanted in their faces and refused to leave despite being told to do so.”
The incident was only reportedly resolved when Upper Chichester GOP leader David Bartholf intervened, leaving the women “shaken and in tears.”
A statement from the DelcoGOP on this morning's incident. pic.twitter.com/xImnngtxn2
— DELCOGOP (@DELCOGOPpa) October 10, 2024
The PAGOP confirmed the threats and incident with the protesters were reported to local police, the commonwealth’s Election Integrity Task Force, and the FBI.
PAGOP chairman Lawrence Tabas (pictured above) said the incidents would not dissuade the party ahead of November 5.
“Nothing will stop us from working to election those who will put our country back on track,” said Tabas, before calling for “unanimous agreement that political violence has no place in our elections.”
Tabas stated, “especially after an innocent Butler County husband and father lost his life to political violence,” referencing the death of Corey Comperatore, who was killed while shielding his family during the first attempt to assassinate Trump.
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Tom Pappert is the lead reporter for The Tennessee Star, and also reports for The Pennsylvania Daily Star and The Arizona Sun Times. Follow Tom on X/Twitter. Email tips to [email protected].
Photo “Lawrence Tabas” by PAGOP.
