on Friday denied that his heated rhetoric is to blame for a spate of politically and religiously motivated violence, instead blaming the "fake news."

Asked by a reporter about the effect of his rhetoric, Trump pointed and responded that “you’re creating violence by your question.”

“A lot of reporters are creating violence by not writing the truth,” he said before leaving the White House for a weekend of campaign rallies. “The fake news is creating violence.”

ADVERTISEMENT Trump has repeatedly rejected calls from members of both parties to tone down his inflammatory rhetoric in the wake of explosive devices being mailed to prominent politicians last week and a deadly shooting at a synagogue.

Trump has repeatedly rejected calls from members of both parties to tone down his inflammatory rhetoric in the wake of explosive devices being mailed to prominent politicians last week and a deadly shooting at a synagogue.