Gretchen Whitmer: “During 2020, the pandemic began and hit Michigan really hard…”

“Can you talk about that episode and what it is like to be targeted by the President of the United States? It's horrible. I can tell you that During 2020, the pandemic began and hit Michigan really hard early on. Just none of us wants to relive it. But it's important to remember that in the early days, Detroit, New Orleans, Chicago and New York City were all hit incredibly Hard.” (10:17–10:24)

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