That would be you, Sparky
President Donald Trump continued his attacks on Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday, calling the Democratic lawmaker a “dictator” as authorities announced charges against a 14th suspect in the thwarted plot to kidnap her and violently overthrow the government.
“Michigan, she has to open up. [Whitmer] wants to be a dictator in Michigan and the people can’t stand her,” Trump said Thursday in a FOX Business interview. Blasting Whitmer’s COVID-19 policies, he insisted people “want to get back to work.”
Do they also want to catch the virus?
The president has repeatedly attacked Whitmer even after authorities announced last week charges against more than a dozen individuals who allegedly conspired to kidnap the state leader and put her on trial for “treason” in a “secure location” in Wisconsin.
He’s a filthy human being.
On Tuesday, FBI Special Agent Richard Trask revealed that the men facing federal charges also discussed “taking out” Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam during a June meeting in Ohio. During the meeting, the group discussed their outrage at the two Democratic governors’ decisions to lock down their states and discussed ways they could take matters into their own hands.
“They discussed possible targets, taking a sitting governor, specifically issues with the governor of Michigan and Virginia based on the lockdown orders,” Trask said, adding that the meeting brought together militias from at least four states.
On Thursday, Northam condemned Trump’s rhetoric, which he said is “emboldening” white supremacists.
Whitmer also addressed Trump’s rhetoric last week, after the charges were announced.
“When our leaders speak, their words matter. They carry weight. When our leaders meet with, encourage, fraternize with domestic terrorists, they legitimize their actions and they are complicit. When they stoke and contribute to hate speech, they are complicit,” Whitmer said. “Hatred, bigotry, and violence have no place in the great state of Michigan.”
Trump was quick to respond to Whitmer’s criticism on Oct. 8, firing off a series of rage-filled tweets criticizing the Michigan official’s tenure in office and her decision to lock down the state to combat the pandemic.
What an adult, responsible, reasonable, generous way to respond.
I had to find them, which meant hitting the end key a lot because he tweets so frenetically.
Not his worst ever, but plenty bad enough. Petulant selfish narcissistic little toad.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer told NBC News she was “shocked” by President Donald Trump’s “appalling” response to her after federal officials revealed they had thwarted a plot to kidnap her around the November election.
“I was shocked to see that response,” Whitmer said. “I think this was a moment where I heard from a lot of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, my fellow governors, Republican and Democrat, reached out to say, ‘Are you OK? How’s your family?'”
“That’s what decent people do. And unfortunately, that was not the response at the White House,” she said.
Because Trump is a terrible mean little lump of flesh. There’s nothing good about him, nothing redeeming, nothing worth a second of anyone’s time. He’s a pure waste of resources.
Frankly, I’d like to return to work, too, but I would like to do it in a situation that won’t infect me with a potentially lethal virus. I wish our governor would shut down our state; that would make it easier whenever my boss starts talking about the need for us to be on campus 30 hours a week, even if we are teaching all our classes remotely. If the governor would do a proper lockdown, we would be able to remain safe, and the number of new cases would quit skyrocketing. But he won’t, and they won’t.
A tumour.
Most people don’t actually ‘want to get back to work’. They want to not starve or be evicted. Or catch a potentially deadly or debilitating virus.
Well, guest, I suppose. But I am maintaining my work from home, and while there are many aspects of it I like, I find it isn’t satisfying when I teach my students over a zoom-like program. So, yes, I would actually like to get back to work, but would love to maintain the distance/remote thing for meetings, and not have all the toxicity I encounter when I’m there. So sort of a mixed bag for most of us, I suppose.
For people who are living on a bare bones income, this must be extremely devastating. I’ve been in that situation, and I know how it would be. Terrifying.
I would have thought you were one of those people (like me!) who sees the words ‘most people’ and skips right over the rest of the sentence.
I’m one of those people who sees the words ‘most people’ and is curious about what bizarre random claim it is this time.
guest, I guess I’m more like Ophelia on that.