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.
We are preparing. I am fortunate that we have a great Attorney General Dana Nessel and our Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson.
We still don't have a national strategy around testing. We still don't have a national strategy around how are we going to distribute vaccines when they're available?
I do think that Joe Biden can do that. And that's why I'm really hopeful that come November 3rd, we're ready to start a new chapter.
It's a dangerous moment. And I am remain hopeful that people of goodwill on both sides of the aisle can stand up and take it on and insist and demand that America is not a place where we take, you know, give comfort to people who are…
It's incredibly disturbing that the president of the United States, ten days after a plot to kidnap, put me on trial and execute me, ten days after that was uncovered, the president is at it again and inspiring and incentivizing and…
It falls on deaf ears every time, they haven't done a darn thing. And in fact, 10 days after a plot to kidnap, to put me on trial and then to murder me, ten days later, they're back in Michigan using the same rhetoric. I've been asking…
We are not going to have artificial deadlines set by people with political agendas.
I think it's really important that we recognized there is a small group that are intent on doing harm to their fellow Americans, that are making excuses for them, that are giving them credibility.
I think that this is a moment where we're seeing a small group that has been emboldened by the hateful speech coming out of our nation's capital.
I think it's all of the above, Joy. We know that the failure of this administration to get their arms around the public health crisis has meant tens of millions who are out of work.
And it is on the rest of us, people of goodwill on both sides of the aisle, to call it what it is, and call people to the real promise of the American dream that Ronald Reagan was talking about in that quote that I used.
It was a very low turnout. Just two years later, I won by more than 400,000. People understand the consequences of not voting.
These are high stakes. And I got to tell you, I've had a heck of a 24 hours. And if I can show up here and show up for Dan O'Neil, we all can every single day between now and this election.
What we need are people of goodwill on both sides of the aisle who are willing to stand up and take on the hate that has overcome our country.
I knew this job would be hard. But I'll be honest, I never could have imagined anything like this.
We know that, you know, Michiganders are practical people. We work hard, we are good people, we expect our government to be as good and to work as hard.
People understand an administration that doesn't get their arms around COVID-19 costs us all.
I mean, obviously, I don't think this should be a part of any bargain in public service that we have to sustain and deal with threats to our physical well-being.
I know I'm not popular with them because I said they didn't have a national strategy six months ago, but to this day, they still don't, and we deserve better.
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 were arrested because they're good people, that incites more domestic terror.
When our leaders meet with, encourage, or fraternize with domestic terrorists, they legitimize their actions, and they are complicit.
Just last week, the president of the United States stood before the American people and refused to condemn white supremacist and hate groups like these two Michigan militia groups. Stand back and stand by, he told them. Stand back and…





