Of all of the senior officials in President Donald Trump's administration, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is arguably the most at risk of harm from ideological and political opponents.

On Friday, police were called to Kennedy's Georgetown home in Washington, D.C. in response to a reported bomb threat against the secretary, according to Newsmax.

Thankfully, it does not appear that any explosives were found following a search of the property, but the incident nonetheless sparked concerns for the safety of Kennedy and other senior Trump officials who've endured incessant and increasing threats of physical violence or death.

Police responded to a bomb threat

Local authorities, including police K-9 units, responded to a bomb threat on Friday evening at Secretary Kennedy's Georgetown home and conducted an extensive search of the property and the surrounding area.

Freelance D.C. journalist Andrew Leyden, who took pictures of the police presence outside Kennedy's townhome residence, reported that no explosives were found, and the "all clear" was eventually given.

The report stated that local Metropolitan Police Department officers, working alongside U.S. Marshals and bomb-sniffing dogs, conducted a door-to-door sweep of the neighborhood.

Though it appears that nothing of significance was found in that search, an MPD spokesperson confirmed that an investigation of the reported threat was ongoing.

Kennedy under fire for change agenda

Newsmax noted that this reported threat against Kennedy comes as the secretary has been slammed with sharp criticism from the left and right in recent weeks for the sweeping changes he is overseeing at HHS and its many sub-departments and agencies, such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, among others.

That includes wholesale changes to leadership teams and advisory panels, as well as to official recommendations for certain vaccines, among other things.

Those changes, all of which are intended to make the American people healthier, have resulted in Kennedy being smeared by his critics as a dire "threat" to public health, including by former officials, elected lawmakers, and even members of his own family.

Fears of increased political violence

Perhaps more concerning, according to Townhall, is that this alleged bomb threat against Secretary Kennedy comes amid "heightened political division and increasing hostility toward public officials."

Indeed, it was little more than a week earlier that prominent conservative activist Charlie Kirk was horrifically assassinated during one of his famed college campus events at Utah Valley University.

The outlet noted that Kennedy, in large part because of his perceived anti-vaccine stance and concerted efforts to overhaul and improve the nation's food supply and healthcare, has been targeted by both Democrats and Republicans alike, to say nothing of the Big Pharma companies that are hugely displeased with his work.

"This latest incident is part of a broader pattern: political violence and threats are becoming disturbingly normalized. Yet mainstream coverage continues to selectively amplify outrage based on partisan lines," Townhall observed. "When Democrats are targeted, it’s front-page news. When Republicans are attacked -- or even assassinated -- the response is often muted, dismissive, or outright celebratory, as we’ve recently seen."