President Trump began his rally in Wisconsin Wednesday night by condemning apparent explosive devices sent to former President Barack Obama, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and others, saying that “any acts or threats of political violence are an attack on democracy itself.”
“No nation can succeed that tolerates violence or the threat of violence as a method of political intimidation,” Trump said, pledging an “aggressive investigation” that will bring the suspects to justice “hopefully very soon.”
Trump also decried the corrosive tone in politics that may have contributed to such threats — even as he’s frequently lobbed sharp jabs and hurled political insults at his usually raucous rallies and on Twitter.
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