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Gretchen Whitmer: “32 recall attempts against me.”

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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer: Lessons for Those Who Want to Make a Difference

Published October 31, 2025 | Video Starts at 05:11

And that was just the beginning of my first term as governor. Pandemic demonstrations for racial justice in the wake of George Floyd's murder. 32 recall attempts against me. I mean, Gavin had one. I'm joking because his was way more serious than any of mine were. We're friends. It's just a joke. (05:11–05:15)

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“We're a big agriculture state, second most diverse agriculture in the country, second to California.”
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“The biggest border crossing in this country is in Detroit, Michigan. It is Detroit to Windsor.”
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“In Michigan, we had the highest youth voter turnout in the country in 2022.”
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“He [President Trump] has said he wouldn't [pardon the alleged kidnappers] and he's not done it yet.”
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer: Lessons for Those Who Want to Make a Difference | Uploaded October 31, 2025 | 02:11-24:42
“In my first term, I had a polar vortex to navigate three weeks into the job.”
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer: Lessons for Those Who Want to Make a Difference | Uploaded October 31, 2025 | 04:38-04:43
“We had a convergence of three storms, and it was negative 55 degrees out.”
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer: Lessons for Those Who Want to Make a Difference | Uploaded October 31, 2025 | 04:48-04:53
“A power company had a fire at one of their plants, and we were worried about losing power for a million people overnight.”
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer: Lessons for Those Who Want to Make a Difference | Uploaded October 31, 2025 | 04:53-05:01
“Pandemic demonstrations for racial justice in the wake of George Floyd's murder.”
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer: Lessons for Those Who Want to Make a Difference | Uploaded October 31, 2025 | 05:05-05:11
“There was a plot to kidnap and kill me.”
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer: Lessons for Those Who Want to Make a Difference | Uploaded October 31, 2025 | 05:27-05:30
“My father suggested that I go do an internship down at the Capitol that so few people understand government, and state government in…”
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“The lip bar is this business in Detroit, Michigan, and she makes these fabulous lipsticks.”
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer: Lessons for Those Who Want to Make a Difference | Uploaded October 31, 2025 | 09:24-09:31
“I issued some of the toughest stay at home orders in the country.”
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer: Lessons for Those Who Want to Make a Difference | Uploaded October 31, 2025 | 12:54-13:12
“When I was in the state Senate, I revealed that I had been raped when I was in college.”
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer: Lessons for Those Who Want to Make a Difference | Uploaded October 31, 2025 | 13:24-13:31
“There was legislation that was moving through the Senate that would make it much harder for women to access reproductive health care.”
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer: Lessons for Those Who Want to Make a Difference | Uploaded October 31, 2025 | 13:39-13:48
“I know that this instance has helped. Has driven me to make Michigan a better place, a safer place, a more just place.”
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“I've got wonderful state police detail. They keep me safe. I've never worried about my individual safety because I'm with the state police…”
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“I have personally asked everyone from the White House to my colleagues to turn down the temperature.”
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“The Trump administration did not have a national strategy [for the pandemic].”
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“Detroit was, was one of the hotspots. At the same time New York, Chicago and New Orleans were.”
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“I am going to continue to do everything in my power to protect the people of Michigan and do the job that I have.”
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer: Lessons for Those Who Want to Make a Difference | Uploaded October 31, 2025 | 32:49-32:56
“I need to make sure that I get FEMA relief for my ice storm victims in Michigan.”
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer: Lessons for Those Who Want to Make a Difference | Uploaded October 31, 2025 | 33:14-33:22
“It doesn't mean that I don't join every lawsuit against the administration like the SNAP lawsuit we all filed together yesterday.”
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“It doesn't mean that I don't do everything to undermine their efforts to take Medicaid dollars away from people and states and health…”
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“I've got a Republican legislative, Republican House of Representatives and a Democratic Senate.”
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“We have needed to recapitalize a fighter mission [at a National Air Guard base in Macomb County, Michigan] for a decade.”
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“I had a commitment from the President that day to get [the fighter mission] done.”
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer: Lessons for Those Who Want to Make a Difference | Uploaded October 31, 2025 | 37:31-37:31
“I got it done under this president.”
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer: Lessons for Those Who Want to Make a Difference | Uploaded October 31, 2025 | 38:30-38:33
“Republicans and Independents have crossed over to vote for me in my state.”
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer: Lessons for Those Who Want to Make a Difference | Uploaded October 31, 2025 | 39:07-39:14
“The snap lawsuit that we Democratic governors filed yesterday, it shows we are going to have millions of people who aren't going to, who are…”
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer: Lessons for Those Who Want to Make a Difference | Uploaded October 31, 2025 | 40:14-40:27
“Michigan, we're so much more sensitive to the impact of tariffs because of our location and because of what we do.”
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer: Lessons for Those Who Want to Make a Difference | Uploaded October 31, 2025 | 40:55-41:05
“We are a heavy manufacturing state, disproportionately in autos.”
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer: Lessons for Those Who Want to Make a Difference | Uploaded October 31, 2025 | 41:04-41:09
“The punitive nature of all of this is hurting people all across our country, but especially acutely in Michigan.”
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer: Lessons for Those Who Want to Make a Difference | Uploaded October 31, 2025 | 42:05-42:14
“The capricious nature of these tariffs is just either paralyzing or they're pulling out investment.”
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“We stole a headquarters from Florida because it was Perrigo, which is they make generic pharmaceuticals.”
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“We've made huge investments in our people too.”
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“You can't just get into the middle class without education beyond high school nowadays.”
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“Through efforts to bring down the cost of a four-year degree, open up more paths into apprenticeships and into the trades.”
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“Absolutely, they are, and it's horrid.”
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“Governor, secretary of state, attorney general, and a US Senate seat are all open seats next year.”
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“I've created an organization called Fight Like Hell and we are recruiting and training candidates to run for office.”
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“I figure if I can win by 11 points in a state like Michigan, we've got a strategy and a plan that can be replicated in other places that…”
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“I am heightening my role in working with the Democratic Governors of State association on these races next year.”
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“We've got a great bench of talented people in this country right now.”
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“Alyssa Slotkin won our U.S. senate race in Michigan.”
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“In a sweet swing state like mine right now, all three chief executive offices, women, every one of us told us we can't have all women on the…”
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“We don't have the House, we don't have the Senate, we don't have the White House.”
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer: Lessons for Those Who Want to Make a Difference | Uploaded October 31, 2025 | 54:29-54:34
“The nation's governors are not looking to D.C. for talking points.”
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