Gretchen Whitmer: “There was the plot to kidnap me and to kill me.”

“Because it has to, at least a little bit. And two, does that. Does that. I mean, does that hold you back, or does that motivate you to keep pushing forward? So, yes, There was the plot to kidnap me and to kill me. and it was a very startling thing. I think it was on the front end of a lot of the political violence that we've seen waged and rhetoric that has gotten hotter and hotter.” (34:27–34:32)

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