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Democrats Blame Trump Rhetoric For Michigan Governor Kidnapping Plot

The White House accused Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of "sowing division by making these outlandish allegations" in her remarks Thursday.
President Trump looks out from the White House on Monday after his release from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

Updated at 9:51 p.m. ET

Democrats on Thursday made it clear they felt President Trump was at least in part to blame for an alleged scheme to kidnap the governor of Michigan, citing the president's divisive rhetoric that has often found support among white supremacists and other hate groups.

The FBI said it had foiled a plot by militia members to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer,

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