Bomb Threat Closes Montgomery County GOP Headquarters

BLUE BELL, PA — A bomb threat directed at the headquarters of the Montgomery County Republican Committee prompted the shutdown of the office on Saturday, officials said.

The threat is under investigation by local, state and federal authorities, Pennsylvania State Police confirmed Saturday night.

"We’ve engaged with the @FBI, @MontcopaDA, and local law enforcement in Whitpain Township investigating a bomb threat targeted at the Montgomery County GOP," state police said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.

The bomb threat was called into the Montgomery County committee's office at 11:07 a.m., in an "angry, profanity-laced" call, the Republican Party of Pennsylvania said in a statement.

The statement called it "one of an increasing number of threats, violence and intimidation acts" against GOP offices and staff in Pennsylvania.

The statement said a GOP staffer in Erie County received death threats on Sept. 6. On Oct. 10, people forced their way into the Delaware County office and threatened to kill the staff and blocked them from leaving the building. On Oct. 17, an anonymous letter was sent to "many individuals associated with the GOP," threatening to visit them at their homes "should your candidate win."

"You tread on me at your peril," the letter said, according to the statement.

The incidents have been reported to local police, "Governor Shapiro's Election Integrity Task Force as well as the FBI."

"Nothing will stop us from working to elect those who will put our country back on track," said Lawrence Tabas, chairman of the Pennsylvania GOP. "And there should be unanimous agreement that political violence has no place in our elections, especially after an innocent Butler County husband and father lost his life to political violence. We emphatically urge Pennsylvanians to voice their opinions by voting, not violence and intimidation."