>> We learned yesterday that Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer was the target of at least
13 men in the state of Michigan, who wish to kidnap her.
Many of them wish to kidnap her and essentially punish her for being a responsible governor,
and implementing social distancing guidelines in order to ensure that the spread of COVID
either slows down or stops.
Now they were unquestionably motivated, encouraged, by Donald Trump.
But now Donald Trump is turning around and crying, whining, in his Twitter rant regarding
how Governor Whitmer has not thanked him enough for what he's done for her.
I'm not gonna read his entire Twitter threat because it's pathetic and it's embarrassing
to have such a weak, sad man lead this country.
But I'll read you the relevant portion of it.
He says my Justice Department and Federal Law Enforcement announced today that they
foiled a dangerous plot against the Governor of Michagan.
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.
Well, Trump should probably have a conversation with his own FBI because the FBI has noted
that Antifa is not any type of domestic terror threat.
However Trump supporters certainly are, at least the portion of Trump supporters that
are motivated enough to attempt to kidnap the Governor of Michigan.
And so Trump of course, a sensitive egotistical man, was responding to Governor Whitmer calling
him out on the rhetoric he uses which motivates these types of hate crimes, and acts of terror
against Americans.
Take a look.
>> Just last week, the President of the United States stood before the American people, and
refused to condemn white supremacists and hate group, 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.
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.
When they stoke and contribute to hate speech, they are complicit.
>> Now we all know that Trumplethinskin can't handle a woman calling him out for what he
really is.
And so he responded by saying, defending ALL Americans, even those who oppose and attack
me, is what I will always do as your President.
I mean, we've had countless examples of him doing the exact opposite, including encouraging
rally goers to physically attack protesters who show up at those rallies.
He even claimed that he would go ahead and pay for the legal fees for people who commit
those types of assaults.
But also he continued to criticize her handling of the pandemic, even though he has proven
to be the number one failure in responding to the pandemic.
He says Governor Whitmer of Michigan has done a terrible job.
She locked down her state for everyone.
Which is what you're supposed to do when you wanna stop the spread of this virus, which
is what the successful countries around the world did in response to this pandemic.
But he continues, Governor Whitmer, open up your state, open up your schools and open
up your churches!
So he's just continuing on Aida with the same attacks that encourage these crazed maniacs,
these hateful individuals, these white supremacists, these armed right-wing gang members to attempt
to kidnap her.
Luckily, that was foiled before they could actually put any real action into that, but
he's remaining defiant..
>> I think it's important first and foremost, that we pay attention to the language that
he uses, right?
The Department of Justice did their job, they are not supposed to get praised for doing
their job.
It's like that Chris Rock joke when the father says he paid child support, you're supposed
to pay child support, that's your job.
You don't get props for doing what you're supposed to be doing.
It doesn't matter what side of the political aisle you're on.
Your job, as the Department of Justice, is to see it through for all Americans, whether
you agree with their political stand or not.
That's the thing that I'm most concerned about when we talk about Donald Trump.
Because these are public servants whose salaries we provide with our tax dollars, and are now
talking to us like they are doing us a favor.
And we should be really concerned about that because that is the language that the leaders
of countries where people don't have democracies use.
The other thing is, Donald Trump, who should be sued right now by every single person who's
health he's put in jeopardy.
I know NBA basketball players who have had been dealt with illegal hands, because they
knew they had herpes and they gave people herpes.
And this man, knowing that he has coronavirus, is going around subjecting and exposing people
to this virus that has no vaccine.
We have no cure in sight.
So I mean I go off on these tangents because there are so many things wrong with what we're
talking about right now.
But let's be honest, Black Lives Matter is always getting pounced on, right?
The ideology is being conflated with the organization.
13 white men woke up and decided they wanted to snatch up one woman, one woman, because
she hurt their little feelings.
And so what I was saying earlier is that we sit here and we say that Donald Trump really
likes to stoke the racist base.
No, he specifically is the king of toxic males who are racist, all of those combined with
his trying to pretend that he's being tough, that he just bodied the coronavirus, that
he's got this tough guy policy.
And he keeps feeding these men who are dangerous, and allowing them to run amuck in our country,
and they are a real problem.
These are domestic terrorists.
Let's not call them anything else.
>> I actually cringe at myself every time I slip and I refer to them as armed militias,
because that makes them sound better than they are.
It makes them sound cool in my opinion.
These are gang members, through and through, these are gang members.
These are radical right-wing extremists in America, and they should be called exactly
what they are.
And the connection to Donald Trump is clear.
Anyone who tries to deny it is intentionally being obtuse.
The fact of the matter is we have multiple examples to point to to show the influence
that Donald Trump has had on these types of people.
And what I worry about is that this is just the tip of the iceberg.
There are now new reports coming out indicating that there are extreme right-wing gang members
in various states who are plotting similar actions.
And luckily, for all the criticism that I have of the FBI, when it comes to this one
issue, it seems like they have been on top of it.
And I'm grateful for that, especially considering that this is an FBI functioning under the
pathetic leadership of someone like Donald Trump, who continues to embolden these people.
So as you guys can remember back in April, April 17th specifically, Trump had tweeted
LIBERATE MICHIGAN.
>> Yep.
>> And that was right after we saw armed right-wingers show up to the State Capitol on the day that
state lawmakers were going to debate whether or not they were gonna continue on with some
of these shutdowns and social distancing guidelines.
They did it specifically and intentionally to intimidate the state lawmakers.
Take a look.
>> Let us in, let us in, let us in, let us in.
>> Many of them were armed, and immediately after that event, Donald Trump tweeted, the
Governor of Michigan should give a little, and put out the fire.
These are very good people, but they are angry.
They want their lives back, safely!
See them, talk to them, make a deal.
All right, so let's have a discussion about who these very good people are.
Because it turns out that two of the men, at least two of the men who have been arrested
for plotting to kidnap Governor Whitmer were there that day, armed.
There's an image of them that was shared on Twitter, so let's take a quick look at this
tweet.
Spokesperson for the Michigan Attorney General confirms these two men seen here armed in
the Michigan Senate gallery during session on April 30th were among the 13 charged today
in the plot to kidnap and possibly kill Governor Whitmer.
These are great people, very good people, as Donald Trump would say, come on.
>> Yeah, how unpatriotic too, you know what's funny is that these are legit patriots.
They wanna use force and violence against people who disagree with their views.
How un-American is that?
They're always screaming patriotism, you know what their definition of patriotism is?
Racism, sexism, xenophobia, homophobia, look at them, this is-
>> Terror, just pure terror.
>> Yeah, they're patriots, that's what their definition of patriotism is.
And don't you even dare fight back, because if you fight back, then you become the problem,
right?
That's what we saw in the debate when Joe Biden said shut up, clown, he was wrong for
that, right?
Because you cannot talk back, and these are the problems that we're having in this country
when you talk about the right and the left.
Because while the left is crying that words hurt, they are actually planning to hurt people,
the right is.
And we have to stop, we have to defend ourselves, and I'm not advocating violence but I do advocate
for self defense.
I think this is a very good indicator that not only their definition of patriotism is
wrong.
They also think that they can just run all over people who don't agree with their views.
>> Yeah, you're absolutely right, and I don't think that what Donald Trump said during the
first presidential debate was a mistake.
I think that he said exactly what he meant when he was asked to condemn white supremacists.
And for those of you who maybe didn't catch that moment, here's what Trump had to say
about white supremacists.
>> Are you willing, tonight, to condemn white supremacists and militia groups and to say
that they need to stand down and not add to the violence in a number of these cities as
we saw in Kenosha, and as we've seen in Portland?
Are you prepared to specifically- >> Sure, I'm willing to do that.
>> Do it.
>> Go ahead, sir.
>> I would say almost everything I see is from the left wing, not from the right wing.
>> So what are you saying?
>> I'm willing to do anything, I wanna see peace.
>> Then do it, sir.
>> Say it, do it, say it.
>> Do you wanna call them, what do you wanna call them?
Give me a name, give me a name.
>> White supremacists- >> Who would you like me to condemn?
>> White supremacists and right-wing militia.
>> Proud Boys, stand back and stand by.
But I'll tell you what, I'll tell you what, somebody's gotta do something about Antifa
and the left.
Because this is not a right-wing problem- >> His own-
>> Show me evidence that Antifa and the left are actually a threat to national security.
Again, the intelligence community does not agree with that statement.
But the intelligence community, particularly the FBI, has warned about right-wing terrorists
in this country over and over and over again.
So the false equivalency, which by the way, is being regurgitated by the news outlets
like ABC.
I saw a news report by ABC News last night where they tried to draw similarities, parallels
between the individuals who got arrested for trying to kidnap the Governor of Michigan
to left-wing groups.
It's just the most ridiculous irresponsible type of reporting imaginable, and you just
heard it right there, Aida.
Stand back and stand by, he knew what he was doing.
>> And listen, if anybody was unclear about that, his buddy Rick Santorum doubled down
on it when he clarified it on CNN when he said, he's not gonna condemn the people who
support him.
And when asked, are you talking about white supremacist groups?
He said, yes, white supremacist groups.
So it's not like we're putting words in their mouths.
I think that it's really dangerous where we're headed.
And these groups who are now explaining to people how they're not white supremacist groups,
of course they're gonna say they're not white supremacist groups.
It's becoming a clown show, and we absolutely need people to show up and until the politicians
show up, the people need to show up.
They need to show up at the polls, and they need to hold these people accountable cuz
this is crazy, this is crazy, this is not America.
>> When someone shows you who they are, believe them, time to believe Donald Trump.