President Donald Trump opened his Wisconsin rally tonight by addressing the bomb scares today and with a call for civility.

“Any acts or threats of political violence,” he said, “are an attack on our democracy itself… We want all sides to come together in peace and harmony. We can do it.”

And then Trump got specific about how we can come together and be more civil:

“Those engaged in the political arena must stop treating political opponents as being morally defective. You 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…. We should not mob people in public spaces or destroy public property.”

The President talked of settling disagreements “peacefully at the ballot box” before taking a moment to ding the media, appearing to conflate media rhetoric and media coverage:

“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.”

Watch above, via C-SPAN 3.

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