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.

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.

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.

Multiple of Trump’s nominees to serve in top cabinet posts during his second term in the White House have also received bomb threats or been swatted.