Gretchen Whitmer: “500,000 more people voted in the Democratic primary than in…”

“If, in fact we believe that Dr. Abdul El Said has won that primary race, what does that say about the Michigan Democratic Party? I think the big takeaway from last night's election is that 500,000 more people voted in the Democratic primary than in the Republican primary. There is a lot of enthusiasm out there. I know your job is to try to parse out where the differences are, but I look at that as incredible enthusiasm as we look to a really consequential election in November.” (00:50–00:57)

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