US Representative Lori-Chavez DeRemer receives a pipe bomb threat at her home

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Lori Chavez-DeRemer and other nominees for President Trump's Cabinet said they received threats.

Lori Chavez-DeRemer and other nominees for President Trump’s Cabinet said they received threats.

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Lori Chavez-DeRemer, a Republican U.S. representative from Oregon who was recently tapped to serve as labor secretary for the Trump administration, said she received a pipe bomb threat at her Clackamas County home Tuesday night.

Chavez-DeRemer wrote on social media platform X — formerly known as Twitter — that the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office responded to the threat and that she and her family are safe.

“We greatly appreciate their dedication to protecting our community, especially as the Thanksgiving holiday approaches,” Chavez-DeRemer said. “This kind of violence harms not only the intended targets, but entire communities.”

Chavez-DeRemer was one of “several” Cabinet appointees who received threats Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, a spokesman for President-elect Donald Trump said in a statement Wednesday.

“These attacks ranged from bomb threats to ‘swatting,'” the statement said, referring to a false threat specifically intended to attract a response from a law enforcement unit, such as a SWAT team. “In response, law enforcement and other authorities acted quickly to ensure the safety of those targeted.”

Chavez-DeRemer lost her re-election bid earlier this month. President Donald Trump announced his decision to nominate her as Secretary of Labor on Friday. In that role, she would oversee the US Department of Labor’s workforce, budget and would focus on employer and employee rights and welfare.

A spokesman for Chavez-DeRemer did not immediately return a message seeking additional information. A spokesman for the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that authorities were responding to a threat, “and further investigation is being handled by the FBI.”

Chavez-DeRemer lives in Happy Valley, where she was mayor before being elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2022. She said the latest threat “will not deter President Trump and the team he has assembled from getting the job done on behalf of the American people.”