President Trump points at the media: You’re to blame for encouraging violence

On his way to campaign rallies in West Virginia and Indiana on Nov 2, President Donald Trump stopped to answer some questions from the media. Karen Travers of ABC News raised a question that’s gained heightened attention recently after a fervent President Trump supporter allegedly mailed bombs to Democratic officials and after a man echoing President Trump’s rhetoric on immigration allegedly killed 11 people at a synagogue in Pittsburgh. “Half of Americans say you’re encouraging politically motivated violence with the way you speak,” Travers said.

“No, no. You know what? You’re creating violence by your questions,” President Trump said, pointing at her.

“Me?” she replied.

“You are creating — You,” he said. “And also a lot of the reporters are creating violence by not writing the truth." "The fake news is creating violence,” President Trump continued. “And you know what? The people that support Trump and the people that support us which is a lot of people. Most people. Many people. Those people know when a story is true and they know when a story is false. And I’ll tell you what. If the media would write correctly and write accurately and write fairly, you’d have a lot less violence in the country.”