Michigan governor links Trump to foiled kidnapping plot

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer linked a plot to kidnap her to President Donald Trump, arguing Thursday in a speech hours after arrests were announced that Trump's words had been a “rallying cry” for extremists.Whitmer, a Democrat, said the Republican president has spent the last seven months of the coronavirus pandemic “denying science, ignoring his own health experts, stoking distrust, fomenting anger and giving comfort to those who spread fear and hatred and division."“