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Gretchen Whitmer: “It was before we fixed gerrymandering in Michigan.”

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 15:03

I think it's a real danger to our democracy. During the pandemic, I had a Republican legislature, overwhelmingly Republican. It was before we fixed gerrymandering in Michigan. and they worked pretty well with me until the former president singled me out. And then everything changed on the ground in Michigan. (15:03–15:07)

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