Trump not-so-subtly suggests the bomb scare is a political gambit to hurt the GOP

Donald Trump.
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Suspected explosives have reached former government officials, liberal donors, and other Democrats over the past few days, but President Trump thinks they've victimized someone else entirely — the GOP.

In a Friday tweet, Trump said Republicans had been "doing so well in early voting, and at the polls" as the midterm elections approach. But now, all this "'bomb' stuff" has taken over the news and ruined all that "momentum," he said.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.