Could the bombs that targeted Democrats win them the midterm elections?

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Democrats are gearing up to use attempted bomb attacks on frequent objects of President Trump’s criticism, including the Clintons and former President Barack Obama, as part of their closing argument less than two weeks out from the midterm elections.

Although Trump denounced these “despicable acts,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said his “words ring hollow until he reverses his statements that condone acts of violence,” listing his reaction to Charlottesville, praise for a congressman who body-slammed a reporter, description of media outlets as the “enemy of the people,” and encouragement of fights at his raucous campaign rallies as examples of his coarsening of the public discourse and incitement of a violent political culture.

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