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At two campaign events on Friday, Michigan gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon, a Republican, made jokes about the plot to kidnap her Democratic opponent, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

: “I think when you’re being attacked every day, you have to have a little levity in things — we can still have fun.”on the campaign trail by former president Donald Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., and top adviser Kellyanne Conway. The former president, who endorsed Dixon right before her August primary, will hold a rally with Dixon and other candidates in the state Oct. 1., “Threats of violence ...

Even before a mob of Trump supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as Congress was certifying Biden’s victory in the presidential election, Michigan had seen its top government office overtaken by armed protesters.

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