Donald Trump Criticizes Media Just Hours After Pipe Bomb Scare

President Donald Trump on Wednesday vowed to bring to justice the people responsible for this weeks bomb scare , which targeted prominent Democrats and CNN but he also criticized the news media.

No nation can succeed that tolerates violence or the threat of violence as a method of political intimidation, coercion or control, Trump said at a rally in Mosinee, Wisconsin, on Wednesday night. Such conduct must be fiercely opposed and firmly prosecuted.

We want all sides to come together in peace and harmony, he added. We can do it, we can do it, we can do it. Itll happen.

Trump then partially blamed the media for the politically charged bomb scare and the countrys divide.

As part of a larger national effort to bridge our divides and bring people together, the media also has a responsibility to set a civil tone and to stop the endless hostility and constant negative and oftentimes false attacks and stories, Trump added. Theyve got to stop, bring people together.

TRUMP: There is much we can do to bring our nation together.

Those engaged in the political arena must stop treating political opponents as being morally defective.

No one should carelessly compare their political opponents to historical villainspic.twitter.com/A2kwGkKg2U

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TRUMP: There is much we can do to bring our nation together.

Those engaged in the political arena must stop treating political opponents as being morally defective.

No one should carelessly compare their political opponents to historical villainspic.twitter.com/A2kwGkKg2U
Breaking911 (@Breaking911) October 25, 2018

Several suspicious packages apparently containing explosive devices were mailed to prominent Democrats late Tuesday, including Hillary and Bill Clinton, former President Barack Obama and former Vice President Joe Biden , law enforcement officials announced Wednesday.

CNNs New York headquarters also received a suspicious package , addressed to former CIA Director John Brennan. The Time Warner Center in Manhattan, where CNNs offices are located, was evacuated Wednesday after a package containing a pipe bomb and white powder was found in the mailroom around 9 a.m.

Another suspicious package was discovered at the office of Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) in Sunrise, Florida, on Wednesday. It was addressed to former Attorney General Eric Holder but was rerouted to Schultzs address.

The items in the packages resembled an explosive device sent to billionaire George Soros , a prominent Democratic donor and frequent target of far-right conspiracy theories, earlier this week.

All of the packages delivered this week listed Schultzs Florida office on the return address label, according to the FBI .

JUST IN: Photo obtained by @ABC shows device recovered from CNN by the NYPD bomb squad. https://t.co/U4rVcvGxWW pic.twitter.com/NUo7PPGSGK

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JUST IN: Photo obtained by @ABC shows device recovered from CNN by the NYPD bomb squad. https://t.co/U4rVcvGxWW pic.twitter.com/NUo7PPGSGK
ABC News (@ABC) October 24, 2018

Trump has constantly bashed the news media during his presidential campaign and into his presidency, going as far as promoting violence against journalists on social media and during his rallies.

During a Montana rally last week, the president praised Republican Rep. Greg Gianfortes 2017 assault of Guardian journalist Ben Jacobs. Trump described Gianforte as a tough cookie and my kind of guy.

Gianforte pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault following his attack on Jacobs.

The president failed to acknowledge that or his other attacks on the media and fellow lawmakers during Wednesdays rally, instead calling on others in the political arena to stop treating political opponents as being morally defective.

The language of moral condemnation and destructive routine, these are arguments and disagreements that have to stop, Trump said. No one should carelessly compare political opponents to historical villains. We should not mob people in public spaces, or destroy public property. There is one way to voice your opinion; its called peacefully at the ballot box.

Despite his call for unity, however, Trump launched a few personal attacks on Democratic lawmakers during his speech while insisting he was trying to be nice.

He referred to Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) as a radical far-left opponent who wants a socialist takeover of health care.

You know, Im trying to say that very nicely, Trump said. Normally Id scream, They want a socialist takeover!

This story has been updated with additional comments from Trumps speech.

Nick Visser contributed to this report.