Gretchen Whitmer

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…

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

We can't do this alone. We need Federal Government partnership here.

We need flexibility. We need additional support from the Feds if we're going to continue saving lives and reengage our economy.

I think what Michigan has experienced with COVID-19 is different than what other States have.

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

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

A national strategy to ensure that we have these test kits is the most important thing that the Federal Government really needs to take the reins on.

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.

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…

A real showing, a genuine showing of concern about the underlying problem here of police brutality, a genuine concern about how we ramp up our testing across the country to combat COVID-19, which has had a disproportionate impact on…

This is a moment in our country where we need -- we need peace. We need unity and compassion. And we need an agenda that actually fixes the problems we are suffering from.

The vast majority of people who are showing up to protest really care about the issue. They care about the George Floyds of the world that we didn't hear about because it wasn't filmed.

If it ever came to that moment, it would be because they had just thrown a lot more gas on a fire that is burning.

I'm calling on all leaders, on both sides of the aisle, to come together and to show competence and compassion and give people hope because that's not what we need more than anything.

That's how we get through this moment. Not by looking at one another as enemies and declaring Civil War on one another.

What happened in the Rose Garden tonight is only, I am fearful, going to further fuel the animosity and angst and anxiety in this country and I think it is more destructive than what I was hoping he would incite.

In this country right now, we need a leader who can bring calm, who can bring unity, who can show the compassion and competence that we need.

It's shocking. You know, I was watching CNN with my daughter and he -- the split screen was, he was saying he stands with peaceful protesters, and on the other side, his police troops were shooting at peaceful protesters.

Yesterday scene at the capitol was disturbing, to be quite honest. Swastikas and Confederate flags, nooses, and automatic rifles do not represent who we are as Michiganders.

We have the power to bring this virus to its knees. But we have to observe these practices, and that's how we save lives and that's how we shorten the amount of time that we are in this posture and we can thoughtfully, responsibly think…