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Fox Business Network’s Dobbs calls bomb attacks ‘fake bombs’ in since-deleted tweet

by Joe Concha - 10/25/18 10:43 AM ET

Fox Business host Lou Dobbs on Thursday called bombs sent to prominent Democrats including former President Obama, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and CNN “fake bombs” in a tweet that has since been deleted.

The bombs, which were intercepted, appeared to be coordinated efforts. The attempted attacks have raised new fears about violence in a politically polarized country less than two weeks before the midterm elections.

“Fake News–Fake Bombs,” wrote Dobbs in the now-deleted tweet. “Who could possibly benefit by so much fakery?”

Fox Business did not immediately reply to a request for comment from The Hill.

On Thursday Dobbs said he would address his perspective in more detail on his 8 p.m. program Thursday night.

“On Lou Dobbs Tonight I’ll take up why FBI and ATF hasn’t informed the public about contents of ‘suspicious packages’: whether hoax or bombs, they were clearly designed to influence election. Why?,” he tweeted.

On Lou Dobbs Tonight I’ll take up why FBI and ATF hasn’t informed the public about contents of “suspicious packages”: whether hoax or bombs, they were clearly designed to influence election. Why? #Dobbs

— Lou Dobbs (@LouDobbs) October 25, 2018

Dobbs, a former CNN host who jumped to Fox Business in 2011, also criticized the focus of the mainstream media on the bombs, instead of the migrant caravan in Mexico moving toward the U.S. southern border.

“Fake News has just successfully changed the narrative from the onslaught of illegal immigrants and broken border security to ‘suspicious packages’: Let’s get back to Left-Wing driven Caravans and the Dimms [Democrats] who encourage them!” Dobbs, a staunch supporter of President Trump, wrote in a different since-deleted tweet.

“Lou Dobbs Tonight” continues to be the top-rated program on business television, a weekly streak that began more than two years ago.

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