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https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/21/viral-imag...

>There’s no evidence that the suspects arrested in connection with a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer are antifa activists.

>Before his arrest, one of the suspects attended a Black Lives Matter protest. Another suspect criticized the movement.

>State and federal documents make no mention of antifa or Black Lives Matter. Rather, they reference an anti-government militia group.

>Michigan’s attorney general has said white supremacist and anti-government groups acted “in concert based on a shared extreme ideology.”




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