Dana Bash uses alleged bomber's 'CNN sucks' sign to point out White House is encouraging 'crackpots'

Responding to a photo showing a plethora of stickers and photos plastered on the van belonging to alleged mail-bomber Cesar Sayoc, CNN's Dana Bash called the attention of her co-panelists to one saying "CNN sucks" and launched into a lecture on the toxic political atmosphere.

"We are putting this picture up, this image of what was on that van for an extended period of time," Bash explained. "That image, 'CNN sucks,' of course the president didn't direct this. He's not technically responsible for this, but he is responsible for not just allowing the chant, 'CNN sucks' at his rallies and stoking it -- making clear that he likes it."

"All you need is one, forgive me, crackpot, and we have been saying this for two years, and it looks like one has emerged," she continued. "That is the danger. That is the reason why leadership is the way it is. You can have an enemy, you can have a political discussion and you can have discourse, but when you cross the line, it is extremely dangerous."

"That is what has been a giant omission in everything we have heard from anybody at the White House," she concluded.

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