Sunday shows – Trump Michigan rally grabs the spotlight

by The Hill staff - 10/18/20 11:41 AM ET

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.

“Lock ‘em all up,” Trump responded to the chants.

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Whitmer: Trump inciting ‘domestic terrorism’

By ZACK BUDRYK

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.”

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Pelosi chastises Trump for promoting ‘fear tactics’ at Michigan rally

By JUSTINE COLEMAN

“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.”

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Miller on whether Trump regrets ‘Lock her up’ chant about Whitmer: ‘Not at all’

By ZACK BUDRYK

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.

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Lara Trump defends president’s rhetoric after ‘lock her up chants’ about Whitmer at rally: ‘He was having fun’

By ARIS FOLLEY

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.

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Lara Trump denies mocking Joe Biden’s stutter, suggests cognitive decline

By JOSEPH CHOI

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.

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Pelosi says chances of passing COVID-19 stimulus before election depend on Trump administration

By JUSTINE COLEMAN

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.

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Democratic Delaware senator says he is open to expanding the Supreme Court

By JOSEPH CHOI

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.

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Biden ahead of Trump in Wisconsin, Arizona: surveys

By JUSTINE COLEMAN

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.

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RNC chairwoman: Republicans should realize distancing themselves from Trump ‘is hurting themselves in the long run’

By JUSTINE COLEMAN

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.”

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Moore: Trump has to be on ‘best behavior’ for final presidential debate

By TAL AXELROD

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.

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HHS secretary: Avoiding large gatherings ‘a difficult message for all Western democracies’

By ZACK BUDRYK

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.

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