Biden slams Trump ‘throughline’ from rhetoric to Whitmer’s ISIS-style kidnap plot

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Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden compared the foiled kidnapping plot against Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to an Islamic State terrorist attack, blaming President Trump for implicitly encouraging it.

“There is a throughline from President Trump’s dog whistles and tolerance of hate, vengeance, and lawlessness to plots such as this one. He is giving oxygen to the bigotry and hate we see on the march in our country,” Biden said Thursday.

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