The Montgomery County Republican Committee Headquarters was forced to evacuate and close today after a violent, profanity-laced bomb threat.
The Philly Inquirer reports:
“The ‘pretty profanity-laced’ call was ‘something to the effect of, ‘I’m gonna blow that place up,’ said Christian Nascimento, chair of the Montgomery County GOP. And the caller also said, ‘I’m going to be waiting to shoot you when you leave tonight.’
“The staffer, who works for former President Donald Trump’s campaign, was alone in the office space that the county party shares with campaign staff when he got the call shortly after 11 a.m. Saturday.
“After the two assassination attempts on the former president, his campaign had everyone work virtually, Nascimento said.”
The PA GOP released a statement that reads:
Montgomery County Republican Committee Headquarters forced to close today after staff received a phone call, at 11:07AM, in which the caller communicated an angry, profanity-laced bomb threat. Today’s incident is one of an increasing number of threats, violence, and intimidation acts against GOP candidates, offices, and staff this cycle — on top of two assassination attempts against President Donald Trump.
On September 6, a GOP staffer in Erie County received death threats from a Philadelphia