As members of Congress get ready to spend more time with their families over the winter holidays, they often have big decisions about reelection or retirement on the brain.
This year, it’s becoming harder to separate those from another concern: fear for their personal safety.
A drumbeat of recent threats has kept member security top of mind, with Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer announcing this week that some of his New York offices received bomb threat emails with the subject line “MAGA.”
It caps off a year that also included the murders of Minnesota House Democratic leader Melissa Hortman and conservative political activist Charlie Kirk. And December can be a particularly tense month for threats aimed at lawmakers’ homes, with multiple swatting attempts reported on Christma

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