WASHINGTON - House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., condemned Thanksgiving Day threats against Democratic lawmakers that ranged from “detailed threats of a pipe bomb placed in mailboxes to swatting” in a statement on Friday.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Friday called for "maximum protection" for members of Congress and their families in response to a series of bomb threats around Thanksgiving. Why it matters: Nearly the entire Connecticut congressional delegation faced bomb threats on Thursday following a spate of similar threats targeting Trump administration appointees.