Authorities are investigating potential explosives sent to CNN and liberal political figures including former President Barack Obama, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and billionaire donor George Soros, as the White House denounced the “terrorizing acts.”
Details are still emerging about the suspected bombs, and authorities have not offered any information about any potential suspects. But the rash of packages to some of President Donald Trump's avowed rivals has injected a tense new dimension into the final stretch before the midterm elections.
Trump on Wednesday afternoon said that a major federal investigation is currently underway, and said that the government will "bring those responsible for these despicable acts to justice."
"I just want to tell you that in these times, we have to unify, we have to come together, and send one very clear, strong, unmistakable message that acts or threats of political violence of any kind have no place in the United States of America," the president said, despite his own track record of engaging in divisive and, at times, violent rhetoric. He also did not mention CNN.
Trump said that investigators "will spare no resources or expense in this effort." "We're extremely angry, upset, unhappy about what we witnessed this morning and we will get to the bottom of it," Trump concluded.
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