It looks like members of neo-fascist demagogue Donald "Rump" Trump's far-right cult are going from "lock them up," to "blow them up": "Explosive Device Found In Mail Sent To the Clintons." A suspicious package sent to President Obama was also intercepted by Secret Service officials around the same time. Just days before, progressive philanthropist and bogey man of the right wing George Soros was the target of a bomb found in his mailbox in suburban New York.
When you hear Republicans talk of a "mob," you should visualize the brown shirts at his rallies being motivated to try to assassinate Rump's political foes.
UPDATE: Looks like they went after another one of Rump's "enemies of the
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) October 24, 2018
UPDATE II: The package sent to the CNN New York Headquarters was specifically addressed to former CIA Director John Brennan. The Florida office of former DNC Chair / Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz also appears to have been targeted.
UPDATE III: More explosive devices reported (the one found at Wasserman Schultz's office was originally sent to former Obama AG Eric Holder, with a Wasserman Schultz return address).
What a mess! I hope law enforcement and tactical teams and evidence techs can find out who's responsible. There was already a false report retracted that the WH had also received a bomb package. Right now it's all chaos and speculation.
ReplyDeleteI know this country has had more than a little bit of chaos, bomb scares, and violence, but this is specific and timed so close to the midterms that it's suspicious on that level alone. Please hope that this gets figured out and dealth with.
donnah -- We're with you.
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