Gretchen Whitmer Governor of Michigan Criticize COVID-19 Political Games on ‘Daily Show’

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer reiterated her attraction for extra assist combating the coronavirus pandemic in her state and dismissed the political games she’s had to play with the Trump administration on The Daily Social Distancing Show Wednesday.

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Gretchen Whitmer Governor of Michigan Criticize COVID-19 Political Games on ‘Daily Show’

Gretchen Whitmer Criticize COVID-19 Political Games on ‘Daily Show’

Whitmer notably known as into the present sporting a shirt that learn “That Woman From Michigan,” a pointed nod to the dismissive remarks President Donald Trump made about her throughout an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity. Whitmer had been urging the federal authorities to supply extra medical gear, and in flip, Trump stated: “We’ve had a big problem with the young, a woman governor, you know who I’m talking about, from Michigan.”

During her interview with Noah, Whitmer stated: “I don’t think any of us has the energy to deal with politics right now. All of our energy, all of our focus has to be on meeting the needs of our people. People are dying. Every day, we are announcing additional people that have tested positive for COVID-19 and the number of lives that are lost — those are stories, those are people who leave loved ones and family, those are people who relied on the healthcare system to meet their needs… I don’t have time to think about anything other than fighting COVID-19.”

Michigan now has the fourth-highest variety of documented COVID-19 instances within the United States with 9,293 as of publication (per the New York Times), with Whitmer acknowledging exacerbating elements in her state like Detroit being a journey hub and far of the state residing under the poverty line. Elsewhere within the interview, she spoke concerning the difficulties governors throughout the nation are going through, each Democrat and Republican, noting that, as an illustration, they’ve been compelled to start out bidding in opposition to one another for gadgets like masks and check kits.

“It’s on all of us to remember that the enemy is the virus, it’s not one another,” Whitmer stated, including, “A national strategy with national buying power that actually ensured everyone had equitable access to what we need when we need it would be the wisest thing to do. But we’re in this situation and like governors across this country, I’m gonna do everything I can.”

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