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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump condemned the series of attempted attacks on high-profile Democrats and others, declaring Wednesday that “acts or threats of political violence have no place in the United States.”
Attempting a bipartisan pause during a divisive campaign season, Trump called for unity after crude pipe bombs targeting Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, CNN and others were intercepted Tuesday and Wednesday. Trump called the suspicious packages “despicable” and said a “major federal investigation” was underway.
Valley Republicans Condemn Attempted Attacks
Rep. Jeff Denham (R-Turlock) said on Twitter: “Republican or Democrat, we’re all Americans first. … This kind of thing has no place in our country.”
Republican or Democrat, we’re all Americans first. I cannot condemn strongly enough the threats being made to my colleagues and others. This kind of thing has no place in our country.
— Jeff Denham (@RepJeffDenham) October 24, 2018
Rep. David Valadao (R-Hanford) also took to Twitter: “The attacks and threats against President Obama, Secretary Clinton, news outlets, and others are unacceptable. …”
The attacks and threats against President Obama, Secretary Clinton, news outlets, and others are unacceptable. Such despicable actions have no place in our democracy and will not be tolerated. https://t.co/77C0q5p8Gs
— Rep. David Valadao (@RepDavidValadao) October 24, 2018
Trump Praised Republican Rep. Greg Gianforte
At a rally in Montana last week, Trump praised Republican Rep. Greg Gianforte, who pleaded guilty to assaulting a reporter, saying that “any guy that can do a body slam … he was my guy.”
“We’re extremely angry, upset, unhappy about what we witnessed this morning, and we will get to the bottom of it,” he said.
Clinton, who lost the presidency to Trump in a bitterly fought campaign, said it was a “troubling time” and a “time of deep divisions, and we have to do everything we can to bring our country together.”
The president’s allies pushed back on the suggestion that he contributes to a toxic political atmosphere.
Sen. Orrin Hatch, a Utah Republican, said: “I don’t see anything really wrong with the president. He’s in a tough position, attacked on all sides, and he ought to be able to express himself.”
An ‘Attempt to Terrorize Public Figures’
Republicans also condemned the suspicious devices.
House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., denounced the “reprehensible acts” as an “attempt to terrorize public figures.” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., called it “domestic terrorism.”
Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, who is facing a fierce challenge from Democrat Beto O’Rourke, tweeted that “violence is never OK” and said the reports were “deeply, deeply disturbing. America is better than this.”
Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., who was severely wounded in a 2017 shooting that targeted Republican members of Congress on a suburban baseball field, wrote on Twitter that he had experienced “first-hand the effects of political violence” and said that as a nation “we must agree that this is a dangerous path and it cannot become the new normal.”
Those responsible for these evil acts of terror must be hunted down and brought to justice, and I have great confidence that our law enforcement officers will succeed in that mission. As a nation, we must agree that this is a dangerous path and it cannot become the new normal.
— Rep. Steve Scalise (@SteveScalise) October 24, 2018
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