A number of suspicious packages were sent to prominent Democrats on Wednesday leaving the whole country on edge.
According to the FBI these packages were said to have contained “potentially destructive devices.” CBS has stated that the recipients of these mysterious packages were former President Obama, former Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, former CIA Director John Brenan, whose package were sent to the New York City office of CNN, former Attorney General Eric Holder and Liberal Philanthropist George Soros. A package was also addressed to Democratic Rep Maxine Waters, but luckily her package had been intercepted by a House mail facility.
As of Thursday morning, NBC News has reported that packages containing the same pipe bomb were sent to former Vice President Joe Biden and Robert De Niro. These packages have also been intercepted.
Since the suspicious packages surfaced Wednesday morning the FBI have been tweeting a series of statements asking for informative tips about the packages and where they are coming from.
President Trump released a statement Wednesday evening at a “Make America Great Again Rally” promising to bring the suspects behind these suspicious packages to Justice. The President stated that his highest duty is to “keep America safe.” He announced that the federal government would be undergoing an aggressive investigation and that this has been “an attack on our democracy itself,” suggesting that all sides should “come together in peace and harmony.”
Vice President Mike Pence has also released a statement via twitter about the suspicious packages. He stated yesterday that “These cowardly actions are despicable & have no place in this Country.”
The recipients of these packages have also made statements about the packages that have been addressed to them. Democratic representative Maxine Waters of California has stated “I don’t know whether the bombs are real or not, but we should not crawl under the bed, close the doors, not go out, be afraid to go to rallies, whatever. We have to keep doing what we’re doing in order to make this country right.” She added “I ain’t scared.”
Hillary Clinton has also made a statement about the threat. “We are fine thanks to the men and women of the secret service who intercepted the package addressed to us long before it made its way to our home.” She added that “Everyday we are grateful for their service and commitment and obviously, never, never more than today, But it is a troubling time isn’t it? And it’s a time of deep divisions and we have to do everything we can to bring our country together.”
There is still more developing on this story as the investigation of where these packages are coming from continues.
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