At least nine Democratic members of Congress said they received bomb threats to their homes around Thanksgiving, after similar threats were made against some of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks earlier in the week.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Saturday condemned a series of bomb threats targeting House and Senate Democrats from New England over the Thanksgiving recess. Why it matters: The incidents left members of Congress feeling shaken and beleaguered by the increasingly relentless cycle of violence facing American political figures.

Political opponents are not "enemies," House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said on Saturday after reports of House and Senate Democrats receiving bomb threats over the Thanksgiving holiday.