CNNU tells Trump that "the words matter" after the alleged bomb attack

CNN, often accused by President Trump of peddling "false information," did not pretend to outrage Wednesday over what appeared to be an attempt to bomb the network.

Hours after the secret services described "potentially explosive packages" found in CNN offices in New York, similar to those sent to Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and George Soros, the head of the network issued a statement pointing fingers President Trump and his administration.

"There is a complete and complete lack of understanding in the White House about the gravity of the continuation of their attacks on the media," said CNN President Jeff Zucker in a statement released Wednesday afternoon. "The president, and especially the White House press officer, should understand that their words matter. Until then, they have not shown any understanding of this. "

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No one was injured by the gears.

Trump, who often sums up CNN's coverage of his government as "false news," discussed the discovery of a series of suspicious packets at a White House event on opioid addiction.

"The security of the American people is my highest and most absolute priority," said the president. "In these times, we must unite. We must unite and send a clear, clear and unequivocal message that acts or threats of political violence of any kind have no place in the United States of America. "

The singing "CNN sucks!" Has become an essential part of Trump's campaign rallies, perhaps just after the singing "Lock it up!", Led against his former presidential rival, Hillary Clinton, whose home with the 39 former President Bill Clinton has also received a suspicious package. Wednesday.

CNN's hatred has become a rallying cry for many of the president's supporters. Earlier in the day, Brad Parscale, Trump campaign manager, apologized for a fundraising email attacking media outlets two hours after the announcement of the suspicious packages. Sent under the name Lara Trump, the e-mail said: "It is time we give the media a new appeal from the American people."

"The email sent today was unfortunately a preprogrammed and automated message that was not captured before the announcement of the news," Parscale said in his statement. "We apologize for it. We do not tolerate violence against anyone working for CNN or anywhere else. "

Following a (apparently non-political) shootout that killed five employees in Annapolis, Maryland, Capital Gazette in June, CNN presenter Jim Acosta repeatedly clashed with the House press secretary. Blanche, Sarah Sanders, demanding that she renounce the denunciation by the president. press as "the enemy of the people."

House Democrat House Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer are also common targets for Trump. They issued Wednesday a joint statement denouncing the words of the president.

"Time and time again, the president tolerated physical violence and divided Americans by his words and actions: expressing his support for the congressman who massacred a journalist, the neo-Nazis who killed a young woman in Charlottesville are violent with protesters, dictators around the world who murder their own citizens and refer to the press as the enemy of the people, "the Democrats wrote.

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