Trump says the media has a 'responsibility to set a civil tone'

During a rally in Wisconsin on Wednesday night, President Trump said he wants "all sides to come together in peace and harmony," then ripped into the media.

Trump commented on the bombs that were sent to several prominent Democrats, including former President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, and CNN, and said that those "engaged in the political arena" must "stop treating political opponents as being morally defective." In recent days, Trump has said Democrats "produce mobs" and praised Montana Rep. Greg Gianforte (R) for body slamming a reporter.

People need to quit comparing "political opponents to historical villains," Trump continued, and "we should not mob people in public spaces or destroy public property." The media, he said, also "has a responsibility to set a civil tone and to stop the endless hostility and constant negative and oftentimes false attacks and stories." Trump went to Wisconsin to stump for Republican Senate candidate Leah Vukmir, and called the incumbent, Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin, a "radical, far-left opponent." He stopped before he said anything meaner, he told the crowd, because he's "trying to be nice." Catherine Garcia

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