‘I do not tolerate ANY extreme violence’: Trump fires back at Gov. Whitmer after she calls him ‘complicit’ in foiled kidnapping plot

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President Trump slammed Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s response to the coronavirus Thursday and addressed her suggestion that he was “complicit” and encouraged an alleged plot to kidnap her.

“Governor Whitmer of Michigan has done a terrible job,” the president tweeted Thursday. “She locked down her state for everyone, except her husband’s boating activities. The Federal Government provided tremendous help to the Great People of Michigan.”

Trump continued: “My Justice Department and Federal Law Enforcement announced today that they foiled a dangerous plot against the Governor of Michigan. Rather than say thank you, she calls me a White Supremacist—while Biden and Democrats refuse to condemn Antifa, Anarchists, Looters and Mobs that burn down Democrat run cities.”

“I do not tolerate ANY extreme violence,” Trump continued. “Defending ALL Americans, even those who oppose and attack me, is what I will always do as your President! Governor Whitmer—open up your state, open up your schools, and open up your churches!”

The Federal Bureau of Investigation announced that arrests had been made in a foiled kidnapping plot aimed at Whitmer, and she responded by accusing Trump of inciting “hate groups” during his first debate with former Vice President Joe Biden, who Whitmer serves as a campaign chairwoman for.

“Hate groups heard the president’s words not as a rebuke, but as a rallying cry,” Whitmer said. “As a call to action. When our leaders speak, their words matter. They carry weight. When our leaders meet with, encourage, or fraternize with domestic terrorists, they legitimize their actions, and they are complicit.”

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