Robert De Niro mail bomb: an actor reacts to an attempt at terrorist attack

Robert De Niro urges Americans to take political action after he (and a growing list of detractors of President Donald Trump) has received a suspicious package suspected of being a homemade bomb in a national conspiracy apparently intended to to intimidate the main democrats who have publicly criticized the country's leaders. .

"I thank God for not hurting anyone and I thank the brave and resourceful security and law enforcement officers for protecting us," De Niro said of the incident in a statement obtained by EW. "There is something more powerful than bombs and that's your vote. People must vote! "

The security staff of actor Tribeca Productions, a film and television company co-founded in 1989, informed the New York City Police Department of a suspicious package sent Thursday to De Niro around 5:00 am ET . The New York Police bomb disposal team then inspected the package and determined that it corresponded to a photograph published by it, illustrating similar offenses sent to other liberal personalities earlier this year. week.

Between Monday and Friday morning, packages containing alleged explosive devices were sent to George Soros, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Eric Holder, Joe Biden, Manhattan's CNN office, Maxine Waters, Joe Biden, John Brennan, James Clapper and Cory Booker.

De Niro has long expressed his disgust for Trump, using his platform on stage at the June Tony Awards to insult the commander-in-chief. The 75-year-old actor was eventually censored by the TV channel for his now infamous comment, "F-Trump." It's no longer "Down Trump", it's F-Trump.

Trump initially reacted to the acts – that New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio called acts of "terrorism" – calling on the nation to "Unite" amidst the "blatant conduct" of the allegedly unknown perpetrator considered "obnoxious to all that is dear to us and sacred as Americans".

Shortly after this statement, Trump criticized the media in a tweet.

"A very big part of the anger we see today in our society is caused by the deliberately false and inaccurate reporting of mainstream media that I call false information," he wrote on Thursday. of social media. "It's become so heinous and hateful that it's beyond description. Mainstream Media has to put order in its business, FAST! "

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