After Suspicious Packages, Trump Urges Civility While Blaming ‘Fake News’ Media

President Trump at a campaign rally in Wisconsin on Wednesday. While Trump called for unity at the rally after a series of suspicious packages were sent to prominent Democrats and critics of President Trump, he also criticized the news media.

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Updated at 11:48 a.m. ET

The list of prominent people, eight and counting, who were sent suspicious packages reads like a Trump enemies list, politicians and Trump critics who are often targeted in his rally speeches and tweets.

Just Monday night at a rally in Texas, Trump’s criticism of Hillary Clinton prompted the now-familiar chants of “lock her up.” He told the crowd that Congresswoman Maxine Waters is a “low-IQ individual.” A week ago, at a rally in Montana, Trump imagined a fight with former Vice President Joe Biden. “He’d be down [fast],” Trump said to laughter as part of a riff in which he praised a Republican congressman for body slamming a reporter.