Gretchen Whitmer

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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…

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

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

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

This is -- these words have consequences.

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.

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 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.

That's what they are. And we need to call them what there.

It was a very low turnout. Just two years later, I won by more than 400,000. People understand the consequences of not voting.

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.

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.

The actions we have taken around COVID-19 have saved thousands of lives.

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.