Tudor Dixon, the Republican candidate for Michigan governor, made light of the Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping plot ahead of the 2022 election.
The Republican candidate for Michigan governor on Friday compared Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's policies to the 2020 plot to kidnap the Democratic incumbent, remarks that Democrats criticized as making light of a serious and dangerous crime."Sad thing is, Gretchen will tie your hands, put a gun to your head and ask if you're ready to talk," Dixon told a crowd at an event in Troy while speaking about the need to cut business regulations.
Two men were convicted last month of plotting to kidnap Whitmer because they were angry about pandemic-related restrictions she imposed. Prosecutors said they were part of a group who conspired to abduct Whitmer at her vacation home and to blow up a bridge to disrupt police so they wouldn't be caught. The FBI said it broke up the plot before it could occur.
The Democratic Governors Association called Dixon's comments "utterly disqualifying for the role of Michigan governor," while Whitmer's campaign criticized Dixon for "dangerous rhetoric.""Threats of violence are no laughing matter, and the fact that Dixon spent the day making joke after joke about it shows that she is absolutely unfit to serve in public office," Whitmer campaign spokeswoman Maeve Coyle tweeted.
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