President Trump addressed the political divide and Wednesday's mass mailing of explosive devices to liberal politicos at a 'Make America Great Again' campaign event in Wisconsin. Trump said as a larger national effort to bridge our divides the media also has a responsibility.



"We want all sides to come together in peace and harmony," Trump said. "It'll happen. More broadly, there's much we can do to bring our nation together. For example, those engaged in the political arena must stop treating political opponents as being morally defective. Have to do that."



"We should not mob people in public spaces or destroy public property," he added.











Trump said there is a way to settle political disagreements peacefully, it's called voting.



"That's what we want," he said. "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. Have to do it. Have to do it."



Trump also called for "more, not less debate" about policy and said it is essential for people to understand the sharp contrast between the two major political parties.



"There are dramatic differences between our two political parties," the president said. "That we know. It is essential for democracy to draw a sharp contrast between the two different platforms put before the American people, and we have a chance to do that right now in many states and on November 6th. We need more, not less debate about policy issues in our country."



"What we cannot do is let our disagreements about matters of policy tear us apart as a country. Can't do that. We must accept the verdicts of elections and remember that America's greatest achievements have always been those endeavors we embarked on together. We have had great, great achievements," Trump added.





PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP: I want to begin tonight's rally by addressing the suspicious devices and packages that were mailed to current and former high-ranking government officials. My highest duty, as you know, as president is to keep America safe. That's what we talk about. That's what we do.



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The federal government is conducting an aggressive investigation, and we will find those responsible, and we will bring them to justice, hopefully very quickly.



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Any acts or threats 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. We can do it. We can do it.



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It'll happen. More broadly, there's much we can do to bring our nation together. For example, those engaged in the political arena must stop treating political opponents as being morally defective. Have to do that.



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, it's done all the time. Got to stop.



We should not mob people in public spaces or destroy public property.



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There is one way to settle our disagreements. It's called peacefully at the ballot box. That's what we want.



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That's what we want. 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. Have to do it. Have to do it.



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They've got to stop. Bring people together.



We're just 13 days away from a very, very important election. It's an election of monumental -- just, if you look at it, monumental importance, isn't it? Wouldn't you say, monumental importance?



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There are dramatic differences between our two political parties. That we know. It is essential for democracy to draw a sharp contrast between the two different platforms put before the American people, and we have a chance to do that right now in many states and on November 6th. We need more, not less debate about policy issues in our country.



But what we cannot do is let our disagreements about matters of policy tear us apart as a country. Can't do that. We must accept the verdicts of elections and remember that America's greatest achievements have always been those endeavors we embarked on together. We have had great, great achievements.



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So true. So let's put it all together, right? Let's put it all together. Let's get along. Great country. We're going to get along.