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Gretchen Whitmer

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Gretchen Esther Whitmer is an American politician serving as the 49th governor of Michigan since January 1, 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served in the Michigan State Senate from 2006 to 2015 and in the Michigan House of Representatives from 2001 to 2006. Whitmer has focused on issues such as healthcare, education, and infrastructure during her tenure as governor, emphasizing the importance of bipartisan cooperation in addressing the needs of Michiganders.

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Oct 8, 2020

Earlier today, Attorney General Dana Nessel was joined by officials from the Department of Justice and the FBI to announce state and federal charges against 13 members of two militia groups who were preparing to kidnap and possibly kill me.

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Oct 8, 2020

Each time he has tweeted about me, each time that he has said 'Liberate Michigan' and said I should negotiate with the very people who are arrested because they're good people, that incites more domestic terror.

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Oct 8, 2020

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. Stand back and stand by he told them, stand back and…

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Oct 8, 2020

This is not a story of what these people call themselves. This is a story about what federal and state prosecutors call them, and they call them terrorists.

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Oct 8, 2020

Our Head of State has spent the past seven months denying science ignoring his own health experts, stoking distrust, fomenting anger and giving comfort to those who spread fear and hatred and division.

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Oct 8, 2020

I want the people of Michigan to know this. As your governor, I will never stop doing everything in my power to keep you and your family safe. You don't have to agree with me. But I do ask one thing. Never forget that we are all in this…

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Oct 7, 2020

This should be a moment for national unity, where we all pull together as Americans. Instead, our head of state has spent the past seven months fomenting anger and giving comfort to those who spread fear and hatred and division.

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Oct 7, 2020

Hate groups heard the President's words, not as a rebuke, but as a rallying cry, as a call to action. When our leaders speak, their words matter. They carry weight.

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Oct 7, 2020

Our head of state has spent the past seven months denying science, ignoring his own health experts, stoking distrust, fomenting anger, and giving comfort to those who spread fear and hatred and division. When our leaders speak, their words…

msnbc.com
Sep 7, 2020

The answer is unequivocally no, and I think that's why this is a year where we're going to make a big change.

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Sep 7, 2020

I think that's precisely why you see both of the candidates here in the state this week, and I would anticipate seeing them many more times between now and Election Day.

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Sep 7, 2020

We've pushed our curve down. We've saved thousands of lives. We've gotten people back to work, and events like this threaten all that sacrifice that we've made in and I would love to see the leader of our country embrace masks and…

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Aug 18, 2020

It is despicable. It is -- I can never fathom taking on a company in my state that -- because they asked people not to wear political things into work. I think that that's totally appropriate.

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Aug 18, 2020

We have to fight back to protect the U.S. postal system. And this is about our election, at the end of the day, and we have got to ensure every vote gets counted.

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Aug 18, 2020

As many said during this convention, Donald Trump is not responsible for the coronavirus, but he's responsible for America's response.

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Aug 9, 2020

I've never had the call to Washington D.C. But the fact that there's even a conversation about what the future of our country looks like and that I'm included in a conversation that has some phenomenal women leaders across this country is…

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Jul 13, 2020

It's going to be -- we're going to be hard pressed to give parents confidence and teachers confidence and that our kids and everyone is safe to resume.

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Jul 13, 2020

We took an aggressive stance, we pushed our curve down. There are studies that show that these actions save tens of thousands of lives.

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Jul 13, 2020

We need to be banding together. And yet, what we've gotten is inconsistent at best. Derisive remarks from the White House. Things that are, you know, aimed at politicizing public health when lives are on the line.

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Jul 6, 2020

So, if they keep moving up, we're going to dial back if we have to. And that's the last thing any of us wants.

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Jun 1, 2020

The overall Federal response on this front has been uneven. The uncertainty about the availability of supplies and the Federal Government's role in directing the allocation of these supplies has hindered our ability to coordinate our…

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Jun 1, 2020

63 percent, that is not an accurate number from the data that...

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Jun 1, 2020

COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on our State budgets, and we have about a $6.2 billion total loss in the current fiscal year and next.

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Jun 1, 2020

The more people that get tested, the more information we'll have as to how rampant COVID is and how we keep it from spreading.

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Jun 1, 2020

We know that the economic crisis will outlast a lot longer than the health crisis.

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