The FBI says it has busted up a domestic terrorism plot that targeted Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, authorities announced today.

The big picture: The political violence and assassinations of the 1960s weren't that long ago.

• "I knew this job would be hard, but I'll be honest, I never could have imagined anything like this," Whitmer said in a press conference this afternoon.
• Six men were charged by the Justice Department for planning to kidnap Whitmer and put her on trial.
• Another seven face state charges ranging from threats of terrorism to material support for terrorist acts.

The "Wolverine Watchmen," as the militia was known, held a meeting where informants recorded discussions of attacking the state capitol and police in Lansing, the indictments allege.

• At a separate meeting, they plotted attacks on the governor's vacation home or the official state summer residence.
• "Snatch and grab, man. Grab the f----n governor. Just grab the b----. Because at that point, we do that dude, it's over," one plotter allegedly said.
• The group planned to take Whitmer to a secure location in Wisconsin, the indictments say.

Whitmer directly criticized President Trump in her presser, saying his comments in the first debate were heard as a "rallying cry" and "call to action" by hate groups.

• "Just last week the president of the United States stood before the American people and refused to condemn white supremacists and hate groups like these two Michigan militia groups."
• "When our leaders meet with, encourage or fraternize with domestic terrorists, they legitimize their actions, and they are complicit. When they stoke and contribute to hate speech, they are complicit."
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