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Sen. Slotkin’s home in Michigan targeted with bomb threat

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Sen. Elissa Slotkin’s Michigan home was targeted with a bomb threat just days after she appeared in a video telling soldiers to defy “illegal” orders.

A spokesperson for the Michigan Democrat

“The senator was not at home at the time. MSP searched the property and confirmed that no one was in danger,” the statement continued.

It also said, “Senator Slotkin is deeply grateful for the prompt and professional response of Oakland County and the Michigan State Police.” “The U.S. Capitol Police will continue to investigate and hopefully hold those responsible accountable.”

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Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., rehearses President Donald Trump’s speech to a joint session of Congress on March 4, 2025, in Wyandotte, Michigan. (Paul Sancya/AFP via Getty Images)

The video released by Slotkin on Tuesday drew the ire of Republicans as well as Republicans. Trump administration.

Democrats in the video include Slotkin, Sen. Mark KellyReps. Chris Deluzio, D-Ariz., D-Pa., Maggie Goodlander, D-N.H., Chrissy Houlahan, D-Pa. and Jason Crow, D-Colo. All the MPs in the video highlighted their former service in the military and intelligence community.

Slotkin and his colleagues have spent recent weeks pushing legislation that would limit Trump’s ability to deploy National Guard members domestically or launch military action against suspected narco-terrorists without congressional approval.

6 DEMOCRATS CALL ON MILITARY MEMBERS TO ‘REJECT ILLEGAL ORDERS’ IN VIRAL VIDEO; HEGSETH ANSWERED

Split view of Senator Elissa Slotkin (left) and President Donald Trump (right).

Trump faced criticism after posting online about Democrats allegedly urging the military to reject the orders and later clarifying that he had not made the threat. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images; Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

None of these contexts appear in the video titled “Don’t Give Up on the Ship”; instead, the call is framed as a warning to military members to “defend our laws” and “reject illegal orders.”

“This is called seditious behavior at the HIGHEST LEVEL. Each and every one of these traitors who betrayed our country MUST be arrested and TRIED,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Thursday. “Their words cannot be allowed to stand – We will no longer have a Country! There MUST be an example.”