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Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer has been speaking to NBC’s Meet the Press about the coronavirus situation in her state, and of course Donald Trump’s encouragement of chants of “Lock her up!” aimed at her at a rally in the state on Saturday.
“It’s incredibly disturbing,” Whitmer said, “that the president of the United States, 10 days after a plot to kidnap me, put me on trial and execute me was uncovered, the president is at it again and inspiring and incentivising and inciting this kind of domestic terrorism.
Related: ‘It has to stop’: Whitmer aide responds to Trump rally ‘lock her up’ chants
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Pete Buttigieg, a former challenger for the Democratic presidential nomination and a member of Joe Biden’s transition team, believes his own marriage is under threat from Donald Trump’s supreme court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett.
Speaking on Fox News Sunday, Buttigieg, who married his husband Chasten in 2018, indicated that the court’s 2015 decision that made same-sex marriage legal was among a number of progressive rulings a strong conservative majority could look to overturn.
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Continue reading…Pelosi says president’s rhetoric is turning voters against himWhitmer aide: rhetoric against Michigan governor ‘has to stop’Trump trails Biden as campaigns head for battleground statesTrump hopes fade in Wisconsin as economy boast unravelsTraitor: American perfidy, from Benedict Arnold to TrumpSign up for Fight to Vote – our weekly US election newsletter 4.13pm BSTMichigan governor Gretchen Whitmer has been speaking to NBC’s Meet the Press about the coronavirus situation in her state, and of course Donald Trump’s encouragement of chants of “Lock her up!” aimed at her at a rally in the state on Saturday.“It’s incredibly disturbing,” Whitmer said, “that the president of the United States, 10 days after a plot to kidnap me, put me on trial and execute me was uncovered, the president is at it again and inspiring and incentivising and inciting this kind of domestic terrorism. Related: ‘It has to stop’: Whitmer aide responds to Trump rally ‘lock her up’ chants 4.00pm BSTPete Buttigieg, a former challenger for the Democratic presidential nomination and a member of Joe Biden’s transition team, believes his own marriage is under threat from Donald Trump’s supreme court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett.Speaking on Fox News Sunday, Buttigieg, who married his husband Chasten in 2018, indicated that the court’s 2015 decision that made same-sex marriage legal was among a number of progressive rulings a strong conservative majority could look to overturn. Related: ‘Slayer Pete’: Buttigieg emerges as Biden’s unlikely Fox News fighter Continue reading…