southernhybrid
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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/08/us/gretchen-whitmer-michigan-militia.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage
Yet some people continue to believe that the disorganization known as Antifa is the big, scary threat, when in fact, these right wing militias actually plotted to kidnap an elected governor. This is domestic terrorism! Happy to hear that the FBI was wise to them before it was too late.
Six men were arrested and accused of plotting with a militia group to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, the authorities announced on Thursday.
The men, who the F.B.I. said espoused anti-government views, had talked about taking Ms. Whitmer, a Democrat, hostage since at least the summer, according to a criminal complaint filed in federal court and unsealed on Thursday.
They had surveilled Ms. Whitmer’s vacation home in August and September, and they indicated that they wanted to take her hostage before the presidential election in November, Richard J. Trask II, an F.B.I. special agent, said in the criminal complaint. He said the F.B.I. believed the men were planning to buy explosives this week for their attempt.
Several of the men had talked about creating a society in which they could be “self-sufficient” and one said he wanted 200 men to storm the Statehouse in Lansing, Mich, the complaint said.
Ms. Whitmer has been the subject of attack from right-wing protesters for measures she imposed to control the spread of the coronavirus.
Thousands of people gathered at the State Capitol to protest the executive orders she issued shutting down most of the state to help stop the spread of the virus that has now infected more than 145,000 Michiganders and killed more than 7,000.
Yet some people continue to believe that the disorganization known as Antifa is the big, scary threat, when in fact, these right wing militias actually plotted to kidnap an elected governor. This is domestic terrorism! Happy to hear that the FBI was wise to them before it was too late.