Article snippet: Less than 24 hours after a series of pipe bombs were mailed to top Democrats and critics of MORE, any semblance of unity in how to handle the issue had disappeared. Even as new packages addressed to Vice President Biden and the actor Robert De Niro were discovered, Republicans and Democrats were back in their partisan corners, pointing fingers at each other for causing an ugly political climate that’s taken a violent turn just days before the midterm elections. Democrats insisted Trump deserves blame for statements that have condoned violence, while the president on Thursday linked the media’s “fake news” to rising public anger. Other key voices on the right even suggested the explosive devices themselves were fake, and that they might have been part of a Democratic “false flag” operation to shift the political conversation from the migrant caravan slowly making its way to the U.S. border with Mexico. The bomb scare — and the ensuing reaction from many public figures — represented a fraught political moment for both parties. With House and Senate majorities up for grabs on Nov. 6, candidates have been demonizing their opponents and stoking fear and division for political gain. Some said they were reminded of the late 1960s, a decade punctuated by political assassinations during which members of the Weathermen and other groups vowed to conduct acts of violence as part of an effort to end the Vietnam War. “We've reached a very low point,” said Brad Bannon, a Democ... Link to the full article to read more