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On the recordOctober 18, 2020
It falls on deaf ears every time, they haven't done a darn thing. And in fact, 10 days after a plot to kidnap, to put me on trial and then to murder me, ten days later, they're back in Michigan using the same rhetoric. I've been asking them to turn the heat down. It is dangerous.
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Gretchen Whitmer
Democratic · Michigan

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Governor Whitmer responds to President Trump's rhetoric and its potential dangers following a kidnapping plot against her.

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