The President of the United States reacted on Wednesday (October 24th) after the wave of suspicious packages, containing potentially explosive devices, targeting Democratic personalities, including Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. All in the middle of an election campaign.
"In times like this, we have to come together," Donald Trump said from the White House on Wednesday (October 24th). "The acts and threats of political violence have no place in the United States of America," he added.
He reacts after sending potentially explosive packages to former Democratic President Barack Obama, former Secretary of State and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, to CNN and elected officials and personalities known for to oppose his policy, all in the middle of legislative campaign in the United States. Many accuse Donald Trump of having blown on embers.
Several officials spoke of the specter of intra-US political terrorism.
A little earlier, the Republican leader of the US Senate denounced these acts: "I rise with all Americans to condemn the attempts of domestic terrorism that occurred today," writes Mitch McConnell in a statement, thanking law enforcement agencies and postal services that "protect our leaders and public figures in the face of such inadmissible acts" .
The Republican leader of the House of Representatives, the third most powerful political figure in the United States, also strongly condemned the sending of these parcels, less than two weeks before the crucial parliamentary elections of 6 November. "We will not tolerate any attempt to terrorize public figures," he wrote on Twitter.
Hillary Clinton: "A period of deep divisions"
New York Mayor Democrat Bill de Blasio and Governor Cuomo, who received a package, lamented "a willingness to terrorize" alongside the police chief. "We are going through a period where people are feeling a lot of hate in the air," said the mayor. "We can disagree, but we must have respect for the people," he added, announcing a reinforced deployment of police officers in the US financial capital.
From Miami, Hillary Clinton has also called for lowering the political temperature, in a speech broadcast on television. "This is a troubling time, a period of deep divisions and we must do everything we can to get together," she said, before calling for votes for "who will do that" candidates.