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On the recordOctober 8, 2020
Just last week, the president of the United States stood before the American people and refused to condemn white supremacist and hate groups like these two Michigan militia groups. Stand back and stand by, he told them. Stand back and stand by. Hate groups heard the president's words not as a rebuke but as a rallying cry, as a call to action.
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Gretchen Whitmer
Democratic · Michigan
Source
msnbc.com

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Gretchen Whitmer criticizes President Trump's failure to condemn hate groups and his rhetoric that incites violence.

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