Sunday shows – Trump Michigan rally grabs the spotlight
by The Hill staff
A Trump campaign event in Michigan dominated the Sunday morning political talk shows, with multiple guests addressing the crowd’s chants of “lock her up” after President Trump demanded Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) re-open the state amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The event on Saturday night came just a little more than one week after the FBI announced that it had foiled a plan to kidnap the governor.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) on Sunday accused President Trump of inciting “domestic terrorism” in the wake of an alleged plot to abduct her.
“It’s incredibly disturbing that the president of the United States, 10 days after a plot to kidnap, put me on trial, and execute me … is at it again … inciting this kind of domestic terrorism,” Whitmer said on NBC’s “Face the Nation.”
“The president has to realize that the words of the president of the United States weigh a ton,” Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) told ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday. “And in our political dialogue, to inject fear tactics into it, especially a woman governor and her family, is so irresponsible.”
Senior Trump campaign adviser Jason Miller said the president stood by attacking Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) in the wake of an alleged plot by a militia group to kidnap her.
President Trump’s daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, defended him on Sunday after he drew criticism over “lock her up” chants his crowd directed toward Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) at his rally the night before.
Lara Trump on Sunday denied mocking Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s speech, and instead suggested that the former vice president may be experiencing a cognitive decline.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Democrats want to get an agreement before the election, but added that “we have to freeze the design” of the language.
Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) said on Sunday he was open to expanding the number of justices that sit on the Supreme Court should Democratic nominee Joe Biden be elected president.
Democratic nominee Joe Biden is ahead of President Trump in Wisconsin and Arizona, both states won by the president in 2016, according to polls released Sunday.
Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said Sunday that GOP senators should realize that distancing themselves from President Trump in their campaigns “is hurting themselves in the long run.”
Stephen Moore, an economist and adviser to President Trump, said Sunday that the president needed to be “on his best behavior” going into the final presidential debate Thursday against former Vice President Joe Biden.
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar is defending the federal government’s progress on the coronavirus pandemic, saying on Sunday “all Western democracies” are having trouble avoiding large gatherings.
