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Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D) blasted President Trump on Sunday, claiming he “failed spectacularly” with his response to the coronavirus pandemic.
In an interview on CNN”s “State of the Union”, Whitmer explained that Joe Biden has been “taking the virus seriously”, despite the fact he called Trump “xenophobic” for banning travel to and from China in January.
“We know Joe Biden has been taking this virus seriously and following the virus. The Trump administration, on the other hand, is not doing that,” Whitmer told anchor Jake Tapper. “They are ridiculing mask-wearing and undermining the efforts of governors like me, and your earlier guest Governor DeWine is having trouble getting people to mask up.”
“This virus doesn’t care what side of the aisle you’re on or what state you live in. Joe Biden is modeling the behavior we should all be emulating because our lives are on the line. Why I’m so enthusiastic about Joe Biden as our next president because he has got a plan to clean this up and depiction this mess that the Trump virus response has gotten us into.”
“When a White House undermines our efforts to protect people, and when they threaten to hold the resources for a state that put them in the White House in the first place, people remember that,” she continued.
“This is a moment where we need leadership that is focused on protecting every American, whether they supported who is in the White House or not. The American president should be protecting Americans, and that is where this administration has failed and has failed spectacularly.”
Whitmer’s own coronavirus response – arbitrary and stringent lockdowns – was struck down by the Michigan Supreme Court on Friday for violating the Constitution.
Democratic Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has come under fire for using the State’s emergency alert system to order residents to wear face masks.