Former CIA officer Phil Mudd said that President Donald Trump must take responsibility for a bomb threat sent to prominent Democrats and news organization on Wednesday.

While interviewing with CNN’s Jake Tapper, Mudd said that the president’s divisive language is having a negative impact on our country.

“A lot of people are coming out today and saying despite what the White House said, the president is responsible,” Mudd said. “Going [to] political rallies and saying it’s okay for a politician to body slam a reporter. The environment you create by saying things like that is not appropriate.”

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He added, “We cannot have an environment where we suggest to people that it’s okay to commit an act of violence against anybody, including a journalist.”

Watch below via CNN.