there. they are waiting and hoping that something does go wrong, because they want to hold up in them hills and they want to say, we don't want the federal government up here no more, we don't want to let black people or anybody else -- this is going to be our homeland. >> reporter: he said that president trump's rhetoric has emboldened extremists, and governor whitmer said the same, mentioning president trump's words to a far-right group during a debate. >> stand back and stand by. hate groups heard the president's words not as a rebuke, but as a rallying cry, as a call to action. >> reporter: so the white house has responded to whitmer's words saying in part that governor whitmer is the one that is sowing division by making these outlandish allegations and went on to say that america stands united against hate and in support of our federal law enforcement, who stop this plot. we should also mention that here in grand rapids, the six men facing federal charges were in