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Gretchen Whitmer: “I was on a call with the nation's governors and the…”

Featuring: Gretchen Whitmer, Democratic | Governor of Michigan

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Live From the LBJ Library Season 2: Governor Gretchen Whitmer

Published | Video Starts at 11:03

We had makeshift morgues that we had to set up outside of hospitals because so many people lost their lives to Covid and we didn't have a place for. I mean, it was that dire. And I was on a call with the nation's governors and the president, bipartisan group of governors, all of us were on it, and we were begging for masks and gloves. We didn't even realize, you know, the extent and impact of how Covid was spread. But we needed these fundamentals for our healthcare providers. (11:03–11:16)

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