DHS secretary, Nielsen, defends Trump over allegations that his rhetoric inspired the bomber's mail
DHS secretary, Nielsen, defends Trump over allegations that his rhetoric inspired the bomber's mail
Secretary Nielsen attacks the synagogue and arrests a bomb in a pipeline
Exclusive: Secretary of Homeland Security, Kirstjen Nielsen, discusses the attack on the synagogue of the Tree of Life in Pittsburgh, the arrest of a Florida man accused of sending bomb packages to prominent Democrats and efforts to derail the migrant caravan of Central America.
Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Kirstjen Nielsen, defended his boss on Sunday amid growing accusations that President Trump's fiery rhetoric inspired Cesar Sayoc to allegedly send mail bombs to several prominent Democrats.
Speaking on "Fox News Sunday," Nielsen said Trump is firmly opposed to any form of political violence and said that "anyone who uses the First Amendment as a cover to threaten or commit an act of violence will not be tolerated."
"There is no place for hatred in this country," he said. "Hate is hate, violence is violence".
Sayoc was arrested on Friday for allegedly sending at least 13 mail bombs to prominent Democrats. The former stripper and fervent supporter of Trump identified after Justice Department officials found DNA and a fingerprint in an envelope that helped complete a five-day investigation, from coast to coast.
FBI officials have not revealed a reason, although Attorney General Jeff Sessions suggested the policy may have played a role, noting that Sayoc appeared to be a "supporter." Sayoc's white van was covered with Trump's image and political stickers.
Just hours after Sayoc's arrest on Friday, the president accused the media of fabricating stories about him and his supporters.
"We have seen an effort on the part of the media in the last few hours to use the sinister actions of an individual to obtain political points against me and against the Republican Party," Trump told supporters at a rally in North Carolina on Friday.
But it was Trump who spoke of politics when the explosives made their way through the nation's mail system. Critics said Trump pushed the conspiracy theories of his media allies that the devices were not real when he put the word "bomb" in quotation marks. Trump also complained that the incidents were weakening his party's momentum before the midterm elections next month.
Speaking with Chris Wallace of Fox News on Sunday, Nielsen lamented the growing partisan discord across the country that has led to cases of violence, such as the mail bombs and shootings last summer to a baseball practice in Congress, and riots public and protesters.
Nielsen herself had to interrupt a work dinner at a Mexican restaurant in Washington in June, after the protesters shouted: "Shame!" until she left The day before, the protesters gathered outside Nielsen's house in Virginia, singing "there's no justice, they do not sleep" and they play recordings of immigrant children crying.
"There is a line," Nielsen said. "When those who choose to use the First Amendment to incite violence, to incite disruption, instead of being constructive, to have conversations that instead of separating Americans, I do not support it."
He added: "There is an adequate way to express your solutions, to express your ideas. "I welcome you at all times, but these calls to violence, these calls to interruption, are not effective, are not productive and, frankly, only contribute to the additional deconstruction of our ability to work together."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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