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The Detroit News reports:
President Donald Trump slammed Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on social media Thursday night, hours after authorities revealed a plot to kidnap and harm the Democratic governor.
Trump said that instead of thanking him for federal authorities foiling the plot against her, she had called him a white supremacist. Trump issued a series of tweets after law enforcement officials announced they had thwarted a plot to violently overthrow the government as well as kidnap Whitmer.
After the announcement, Whitmer criticized the president for not doing enough to condemn hate groups in the country. Trump issued a thread of three tweets after 9 p.m. Thursday before an appearance on Sean Hannity’s show on Fox News.
Governor Whitmer of Michigan has done a terrible job. 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. My Justice Department and Federal Law Enforcement announced…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 9, 2020
…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…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 9, 2020
…I do not tolerate ANY extreme violence. 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!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 9, 2020
“I see Witmer today, she’s complaining, but it was our Justice Department that arrested the people she was complaining about… what she’s doing is a horrible thing to the people”- Trump attacks Gretchen Whitmer, the victim of a kidnapping/execution plot hatched by his supporters pic.twitter.com/NQHcIKfA50
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 9, 2020