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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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2020: 105 quotes2021: 22 quotes2022: 18 quotes2023: 1 quote2024: 27 quotes2025: 28 quotes2026: 73 quotes
Dec 18, 2020

the federal government is slow-walking the process of getting the addresses to Pfizer for some reason I cannot get an answer to.

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Dec 13, 2020

It's time to move forward, and it's time for anyone who is a statesperson to declare this election over and to call on people to take actions to support the incoming administration.

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Dec 9, 2020

to give statehood to D.C. would be a huge win for D.C. residents, but it'd be a huge win for everybody who wants to, you know, solve climate change or get health care or, you know, have a better Supreme Court.

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Dec 7, 2020

This is unacceptable. Threats against our elected officials or any office holder, no matter their party, are not acceptable. They are unlawful and they are unacceptable. Hate and violence have no place in Michigan.

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Nov 19, 2020

I really think that Joe Biden as our president will be a big step in the right direction.

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Nov 19, 2020

I think it just tells you that words matter and the words of our leaders' matter. I mean, the incredible vitriol that is being waged... It is undermining our democracy, and these latest attempts around this election are just an extension…

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Nov 19, 2020

I think it's really dangerous, to be honest. The fact that our two highest-ranking Republicans in the legislature are going to the White House... But we're all assuming he's going to try to implore them... to do whatever they can to not…

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Nov 19, 2020

The vote margin actually in Michigan is now 157,000 votes. That is 14 times the vote margin that Trump won Michigan in 2016... They will be Joe Biden electors, and he will be sworn in as the 46th President of the United States on January…

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Nov 17, 2020

We are doing the best we can to keep the people of the state safe.

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Nov 17, 2020

They have taken the other side in terms the war against the virus.

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Nov 17, 2020

We need resources. We need support. We need leaders who are going to be accurate with the medical information they dispense and stop the politics around this public health crisis because it's killing people.

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Nov 17, 2020

Listen, if anyone can get it done, it's Joe Biden.

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Nov 17, 2020

That's right. So, Joy, Wayne County is where the city of Detroit is located. It is the largest county in our state. It is -- there's overwhelming vote and these partisans have decided not to do their legal duty. And their rationale is not…

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Nov 17, 2020

COVID-19 does not care about your politics. COVID-19 does not care about the legislature being on their hunting break, when we are in literally the worst of our COVID outbreak since this began nine months ago. COVID-19 doesn't care if you…

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Nov 16, 2020

As hard as it is not seeing them this Thanksgiving imagine how much harder it would be if you weren't able to see them for a future holiday ever again.

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Oct 28, 2020

When Donald Trump says things like lock them all up, that's the kind of encouragement. And it's dangerous. It's anti-American.

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Oct 28, 2020

We settle our differences at the ballot box. And if we don't like the result, we get organized and get ready for the next election.

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Oct 28, 2020

That's why I think this choice to elect an incredibly decent, experienced, empathetic set of people like Joe Biden and Kamala Harris is where I believe our country is headed.

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Oct 28, 2020

I'm going to stay focused on the science and we're going to do the next right thing even if I have to bail the White House, even if they have to bail my state house.

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Oct 27, 2020

Well, running the United States in the middle of a global pandemic isn't for everyone. And that's precisely why we need a change in the White House. That's why I'm so enthusiastic about Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.

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Oct 27, 2020

The for the Trump administration, for the President himself and his surrogates to come into the state. And to incite and encourage anyone who is a domestic terrorist or has ideas of hurting their fellow Americans is cruel, and it is…

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Oct 26, 2020

The governor Gretchen Whitmer called the event a recipe for disaster. She's urging people not to attend.

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Oct 20, 2020

From the start, I've been asking the White House to bring down the rhetoric.

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Oct 20, 2020

This kind of behavior cannot stand and people of goodwill need to call it out and call it domestic terrorism when it does happen.

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Oct 20, 2020

This is exactly the rhetoric that has put me, my family and other government officials lives in danger while we try to save the lives of our fellow Americans. It needs to stop.

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