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Thursday, October 25, 2018

The Bombs (Updated)

So far, bombs or "suspicious packages" have been sent to Barack Obama, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Debby Wasserman Schultz, Eric Holder, Kamala Harris, George Soros, Maxine Waters, CNN -- there may be one or two I've missed. (Here's a summary, with updates.) Trump's response to this domestic terrorism?

President Donald Trump Wednesday evening took no responsibility for his very personal attacks on top Democrats who were targets of assassination attempts just hours earlier. He did, however, call on the media to "to set a civil tone and stop the endless hostility," and to stop what he called "negative" and "false" attacks. . . .

"The media also has a responsibility to set a civil tone and stop the endless hostility and constant negative and oftentimes false attacks and stories," Trump told a Wisconsin audience at a campaign rally to bolster Republicans running for re-election. "They have to do it. They have to do it. They have got to stop. Bring people together. We are just 13 days away from a very, very important election, it is an election of monumental, if you look at it, monumental importance."

Because he's not responsible for anything -- except other people's accomplishments.

Update: Needless to say, it's a plot by the left:

Minutes after news broke of “potential explosive devices” being mailed to the homes of former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, along with CNN’s New York City studio, the dark corners of the conservative internet were declaring it a secret plot to gin up empathy for Democrats.

Cries that the bomb threats were merely a “false flag” operation were evident on Twitter and pro-Trump forums. Many of the personalities pushing the claim were fringe types. But not all of them.

Popular talk radio host Rush Limbaugh hinted that the attempted bombings were set-up by Democrats, saying they would serve a political “purpose.”

“It’s happening in October,” Limbaugh said. “There’s a reason for this.”

Similarly, right-wing radio host Michael Savage outright declared that “it’s a high probability that the whole thing is set up as a false flag to gain sympathy for the Democrats... and to get our minds off the hordes of illegal aliens approaching our southern border.”

I dunno -- Michael Savage is pretty fringe, if you ask me.


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