Gretchen Whitmer said on Sunday she remains "concerned about safety and integrity going up to this election" because of the Republican White House's "rhetoric" after six suspects were arrested and charged with attempting to kidnap Whitmer. In a press conference on the kidnapping plot, Whitmer brought up the president's Sept. 29 comment that the far-right Proud Boys group should "stand back and stand by." “Just last week, the president of the United States stood before the American people and refused to condemn white supremacists and hate groups like these two Michigan militia groups," Whitmer said. Hate groups heard the president’s words not as a rebuke but as a rallying cry, as a call to action." SUSPECTS IN WHITMER PLOT PHOTOGRAPHED WITH LONG GUNS AT MICHIGAN CAPITOLTrump responded to her comments in a series of Friday tweets, saying, "I do not tolerate ANY extreme violence.

Source: Fox News October 11, 2020 18:00 UTC