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Trump Aide Calls Gretchen Whitmer, Target Of Abduction Plot, A 'Complete Phony'

Trump campaign senior adviser Jason Miller trashed Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, on Thursday a short time after she addressed the press about an alleged Michigan militia plot to kidnap her.

Six men have been arrested and are facing federal charges for plotting the abduction, authorities announced Thursday. The alleged scheme involved months of planning, training with firearms and even surveillance of Whitmer’s vacation home, where they planned to snatch her and hold a “treason trial,” according to an FBI affidavit.

Whitmer, who has faced repeated attacks from President Donald Trump and his supporters for her COVID-19 mitigation measures, linked the kidnapping plot to the president’s hateful rhetoric and failure to speak out against white supremacists and hate groups.

In an appearance on Fox News, Miller continued the Whitmer-bashing, telling anchor Bill Hemmer that while there is “no place” in American society for such a kidnapping plot, “Governor Whitmer is a complete phony and it is just disgusting that she would take a moment of unity to attack the president.”

“If we want to talk about hatred, then Governor Whitmer, go look in the mirror. I mean, the fact that she wakes up every day with such hatred in her heart towards President Trump,” Miller said.

“President Trump is the one out there condemning these radical groups, whether they be on the right or be on the left,” he added. Miller then touted the president’s “platinum plan” to win over Black Americans by labeling the Ku Klux Klan and anti-fascist groups as terrorist organizations.

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