Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D) has finally broken her silence after activists chanted “death to America” during a recent rally.
“This hateful rhetoric is unacceptable, and does not represent Michigan or Dearborn,” Whitmer's office told Fox News Digital on Sunday. “The Dearborn community is full of hardworking, proud Americans. Our state is diverse and we are proud of it.”
A Whitmer spokesperson said the statement had previously been “prepared and provided to media upon request,” however, the text did not appear to have been printed in any outlets and was also notably absent from the governor's social media accounts. Fox News Digital reportedly asked Whitmer's office last week to weigh in on the chants but did not receive a comment at that time.
Protesters were seen on video chanting “Death to America” and “Death to Israel” at an Al-Quds Day rally in Dearborn on April 5.
Whitmer had seemingly remained silent about the chants, even as the Biden administration condemned “these abhorrent and antisemitic remarks in the strongest terms” in a comment to Fox News Digital last week.
The Biden campaign also responded “No” when asked whether it still sought the votes of those who chanted at the rally on April 5.
According to Fox News, International Al-Quds Day, the annual pro-Palestinian event held on the last Friday of Ramadan at which the “Death to America!” chants broke out, has significant support in Dearborn, which has the highest per capita Muslim population in the country.
Last week, liberal Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib faced got aggressive with a Fox Business reporter when she was asked about people chanting “Death to America” in her home state.
Fox's Hillary Vaughn was trying to get a comment from Tlaib while reporting from Capitol Hill, but rather than address the question or ignore the reporter Tlaib made it very clear what she thinks about the network, repeatedly shouting, “I don't talk to Fox News!”
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