Democratic nominee Joe Biden said he believed that President Donald Trump encouragement to 'LIBERATE MICHIGAN' led to a plot to kidnap Michigan's Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and incite a 'civil war.' 'Yes I do,' Biden answered when asked about Trump's April tweet, which was in protest of the governor's coronavirus lockdown restrictions. 'Why can't the president just say, "Stop. Stop, stop, stop, and we will pursue you if you don't. So, stop."' As he was arriving in Arizona for a campaign stop with Cindy McCain, the widow of Republican Sen. John McCain, Biden said he and running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris, had both spoken with Whitmer Tuesday, hours after news of the plot broke. Biden said Whitmer was 'feeling secure and good.' And he credited the FBI for the role the agency played. 'The words of a president matter,' Biden told reporters. 'They can cause a nation to have the market rise or fall, go to war or bring peace. But they can also breath oxygen into those who are filled with hate and danger and I just think it’s got to stop. The president has to realize the words he utters matter.' Biden said that there was 'no place for hate in America.' 'And both of us have been talking about this for some time, about how white supremacists and these militias are a genuine threat,' he said, with Harris by his side. 'I've got to compliment the FBI and the police agencies for what they did, and how they stepped up,' he added. Thirteen men including seven from a right-wing militia known as Wolverine Watchmen have been arrested over two alleged plots.Six of the men were taken into custody in a raid on a house in suburban Detroit on Thursday morning. They have been named as Adam Fox, Barry Croft, Kaleb Franks, Daniel Harris, Brandon Caserta and 24-year-old Ty Garbin. The FBI says they conspired to kidnap Whitmer at her family's vacation home in Michigan. Another seven men have been charged by Attorney General Dana Nessell for allegedly plotting to overthrow governments, attack the Michigan State Capitol and incite a 'civil war.'Those seven men are members of a militia known as Wolverine Watchmen, one of multiple known militia groups in Michigan. They are; Paul Bellar, 21, Shawn Fix, 38, Eric Molitor, 36, Michael Null, 38, William Null, 38, Pete Musico, 42, and Joseph Morrison, 42.On Thursday, Whitmer said she was shocked by the 'depraved' and 'sick' plot. She also blamed the men's hatred on Trump, who she said had spent the last seven months 'stoking division'. The men were all referred to as extremists on Thursday at a press conference where FBI agents and prosecutors shared details of the plot. According to authorities, the first group of men started plotting in