Trump comment on Whitmer plot: "maybe it was a problem, maybe it wasn't".

[Nevilledog]

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Jim Sciutto
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In a hail of presidential comments this week, pay some due attention to this one: Trump saying that a terror plot to kidnap @GovWhitmer (for which a dozen men have been arrested and charged by the DOJ) “maybe it was a problem, maybe it wasn’t”. 1/
6:59 AM · Oct 28, 2020

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In a hail of presidential comments this week, pay some due attention to this one: Trump saying that a terror plot to kidnap @GovWhitmer (for which a dozen men have been arrested and charged by the DOJ) “maybe it was a problem, maybe it wasn’t”. 1/

2/Earlier this month, the DHS identified such groups as the greatest terrorism threat to the nation. Sec Wolf said DHS is “particularly concerned about white supremacistviolent extremists who have been exceptionally lethal in their abhorrent, targeted attacks in recent years.”

3/ There is a defense bubbling up in some far-right circles that the group was merely planning a house arrest. Watch this training video and see if you buy that:

New video appears to show Michigan suspects perform training exercises - CNN Video
Chilling new videos of the suspects accused in a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer appear to show training exercises being carried out. CNN's Sara Sidner has new details in the case.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2020/10/19/michigan-group-training-plot-kidnap-governor-whitmer-sidner-dnt-tsr-vpx.cnn

4/ Now imagine if Trump or any other public official similarly dismissed a plot by ISIS. What would reaction be? And given DHS rates domestic far-right groups as a greater threat today, what does that mean for his duty to protect Americans from all enemies “foreign & domestic”?

5/ How do these terror groups hear the president? Listen to the former DHS chief of staff under Trump:

“DOMESTIC TERRORISTS CELEBRATE THE PRESIDENT'S COMMENTS. AND WHETHER IT'S RIGHT OR NOT, THEY VIEW HIS COMMENTS AS A LICENSE TO KILL” - @MilesTaylorUSA
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[Solly Mack]

1. K&R

[C_U_L8R]

2. Everyone is sick and tired of his stupid gimmicks

Enough. Go away Trump. Can we have a referendum that he actually vacate the office on Tuesday instead of January?

[Javaman]

3. first rule of grifter/opportunist, never take a stance that you later might regret monetarily.

he loves to play the both side thing because:

1) first and foremost: he's a coward

2) he's a colossal selfish prick who will do anything and everything to burn down any opposition.

3) and most important, he's a fucking psychopath.

[onecaliberal]

4. These people are killing us in all sorts of ways. We seriously need to do something about

them. Republicans are the American Taliban.