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President Donald Trump launched into another extended attack on the media at a rally in Fort Myers, Florida, on Wednesday, just a day after he ventured to Pittsburgh to honor those killed during a shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue that left 11 people dead.

Yesterdays visit to Pittsburgh was about coming together as a nation to comfort and to heal, said Trump as he stood before a crowd wearing hundreds of Make America great again hats. After this day of unity and togetherness, I came home and sadly turned on the news as the far-left media once again used tragedy to sow division.

They did everything in their power to play it up and push people apart, he continued as the crowd chanted CNN sucks!

Thats whats happening. Theyre pushing people apart, Trump said.

Pres. Trump blames media for using 'tragedy to sow anger and division after visit to Pittsburgh synagogue. \"It was fake and it was make-believe what they said,\" Trump said at a campaign rally in Florida. https://t.co/0QURe8EHGT pic.twitter.com/g94856iSgb

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Pres. Trump blames media for using 'tragedy to sow anger and division after visit to Pittsburgh synagogue. "It was fake and it was make-believe what they said," Trump said at a campaign rally in Florida. https://t.co/0QURe8EHGT pic.twitter.com/g94856iSgb
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The president traveled to Pittsburgh on Tuesday alongside the first lady, his daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner . Many city and religious leaders, however, had asked the Trump family to stay away as the city grieved over the anti-Semitic attack . Hundreds stepped out to protest the visit, linking rhetoric flowing from the administration to a rise in violence against minority groups.

Such language didnt appear to stop on Wednesday as the president leveled heated attacks against journalists, his political opponents and immigrants, with rallygoers launching into jeers and chants urging that some Florida Democrats be locked up.

Trump routinely uses such campaign events to whip supporters into an anti-media frenzy, but Wednesdays appearance reflected a president emboldened and frustrated with a spate of coverage that has distracted from next weeks midterm elections. The New York Times noted earlier this week that Trump has been tossing out increasingly controversial proposals in an attempt to pivot attention back to the elections, including sending thousands of troops to the southern border to deal with a migrant caravan that is weeks away and is proposing an executive order to negate portions of the 14th Amendment that grant citizenship to anyone born in the U.S.

At the same time, the White House has been dealing with the mass-mailing of likely pipe bombs to prominent Democrats by a loyal Trump supporter and the shooting in Pittsburgh. Critics have linked the attacks to the presidents divisive rhetoric, claims the White House has vehemently denied, instead shifting blame back on the media.

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