Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist during a Friday morning CNN segment said Republican political leaders’ rhetoric and refusal to decry hate groups helped nurture a right-wing plot against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s life. “They legitimize these groups,” Gilchrist said. “They support them with their rhetoric.” It’s “disgusting,” Gilchrist said. He is the state’s first Black lieutenant governor … Continue reading Gilchrist: GOP refusal to call out hate groups allowed plot against Whitmer to gain traction