CNN is arguing there that the verbal "attacks" of Republicans are pretty similar and the cause of some probably disturbed and confused person's making and sending of bombs to prominent Democrats.
Words aren't bombs. Verbal attacks on others are not acts of terrorism. We should be grown-up enough to know the difference. In fact, that difference between words and actions is a bedrock of a free society we are guaranteed by the first amendment of the Constitution.
Hypocritically, CNN is attacking Donald Trump for attacking CNN. Politics and culture are both sh*t-shows right now seemingly committed to hypocrisy.