Gretchen Whitmer

Well, I hadn’t planned to speak, but I’m — on behalf of all the military men and women who serve our country and serve so honorably, on behalf of the state of Michigan, I am really damn happy we’re here to celebrate this recapitalization…

When we have an economy that's sputtering because of national policy, it's going to impact our ability to fund our schools and build roads.

I’m not against tariffs outright, but it is a blunt tool. You can’t just pull out the tariff hammer to swing at every problem without a clear defined end-goal.

I understand the motivation behind the tariffs, and I can tell you, here’s where President Trump and I do agree. We do need to make more stuff in America.

While I share the president's goal of bringing good-paying manufacturing jobs back, it's got to be done right.

In Michigan, everyone has the freedom to marry who they love. It's not only the law of the land, it's a nonnegotiable.

Any attempt to strip away gay marriage is wrong.

I've got a lot of things I want to get done as governor. What comes after that? I don't know yet, I really don't.

It’s a really tough situation. I understand the pleas and concerns. Michigan is not a death penalty state.

It's a really tough situation. I understand the pleas and concerns. Michigan is not a death penalty state.

It’s a really tough situation. I understand the pleas and concerns. Michigan is not a death penalty state.

You know, ringing your hands and roll up your sleeves, a couple of votes per precinct, which is what, you know, the election was eight years ago. That can be made up through hard work.

You know what? I would always want my side to be anxious, right? It means we're taking it seriously.

This platform, if it doesn't speak 100 percent, there's something in it for everyone in this country -- building a stronger future, economic opportunity, making sure that every person has a path to prosperity, and a safe school and…

I do fear for everyone around me.

I think that it is historic.

You can do both. And I think that's why we need a leader like her.

I think what we need to do is have a system – an immigration system that works, number one. We need to secure the border, we need to make sure that when people are in this country, that they have access to have some form of ID.

Well, any, I think, insult from the Trump campaign is laughable, when you think about his years in office and who he fought for. He fought for himself. He's laid out nothing in terms of a vision for America. He's feeding into people's…

We know that Kamala Harris has already delivered on making sure that health care is more accessible and affordable for Americans.

Well, I think he's already trying to stoke the, you know, suspicions of people. And I think that's an effort directly to play into his ability to discount the outcome of this upcoming election if he doesn't like the outcome.

I do think that it is historic. And women in leadership, I think you see the results.

I think that's why we need a leader like her. She's been meeting with people in the communities, in all of these communities. Her campaign cares about everyone.

I think it speaks to Kamala Harris's values, that she wants consumers to keep more money in their pockets.

I think President Biden is going to go down as one of the greatest presidents we've had in a long time in this country.