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The son of billionaire George Soros wrote Wednesday in a New York Times editorial that an "alert member" of his staff "had recognized the threat" of a suspicious package in their home. the suburbs of New York on Monday afternoon and had called the police, who had detonated the device safely. .
"We are all grateful that no one has been hurt and grateful to those who have protected us. But the incident was deeply troubling – as a threat not only to the safety of our family, our neighbors, our colleagues and our friends, but also to the future of American democracy, "he said. said Alexander Soros.
Soros went on to say that his father, a Holocaust survivor whose philanthropic work is certainly "political," has long faced antisemitic attacks, but noted "that something has changed in 2016".
"With Donald Trump's presidential campaign, things got worse," he wrote. "A genie has been left to the bottle, which can take generations to re-enter, and it's not confined to the United States."
"Now we have tried bomb attacks, and although it is the responsibility of the person or persons who sent these lethal devices to my family's home and the offices of Mr. Obama and Mrs. Clinton, I can not to see it separated from the new normality of the political demonization that plagues us today, "wrote Soros.
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