Authorities are investigating a suspicious package in South Central LA that was addressed to U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters.
This is the second package addressed to Waters (D-CA). The first was addressed to her Washington D.C. office and intercepted at a congressional mail facility in Maryland, the U.S. Capitol Police confirmed earlier on Oct. 24.
‘Come Together in Peace and Harmony’
President Trump addressed the suspicious packages, many of which were found throughout the day, during his speech at the campaign rally in Mosinee, Wisconsin, on Oct. 24.Trump said, "Any acts or threat of political violence are an attack on our democracy itself.
“No nation can succeed that tolerates violence or the threat of violence as a method of political intimidation, coercion or control, we all know that.
“Such conduct must be fiercely opposed and firmly prosecuted. We want all sides to come together in peace and harmony. We can do it ... it'll happen.”
Trump said that in his view, the media held some responsibility for the current political climate of division and distrust between Americans.
“As part of a larger national effort to bridge our divides and bring people together, the media also has a responsibility to set a civil tone and to stop the endless hostility and constant negative and oftentimes false attacks and stories,” he said.
Trump also called for civility in the political arena: “There’s much we can do to bring our nation together. For example, those engaged in the political arena must stop treating their political opponents as being morally defective.
“The language of moral condemnation and destructive routine, these are arguments and disagreements that have to stop. No one should carelessly compare political opponents to historical villains, which is done often. We should not mob people in public spaces or destroy public property. There is one way to settle our disagreements, it’s called peacefully at the ballot box, that’s what we want.”
